Shed mediastinal blood transfusion after cardiac operations: A cost- effectiveness analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1248-1254

  Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Pacifico, Albert D ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADULT; ALABAMA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032076011     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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