Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 138-142

  Chelemer, Scott B ^b   Prato, B Stephen ^b   Cox Jr , Paul M ^b   O'Connor, Gerald T ^b   Morton, Jeremy R ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036146324     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03308-2     Document Type: Article

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