Infectious complications after cardiac surgery: Lack of association with fresh frozen plasma or platelet transfusions

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-434

  Sreeram, Gautam M ^a   Welsby, Ian J ^a   Sharma, Ajeet D ^a   Phillips Bute, Barbara ^a   Smith, Peter K ^a   Slaughter, Thomas F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Blood component transfusion; Blood transfusion; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Coronary artery bypass; Erythrocyte transfusion; Human; Infection; Plasma; Platelet transfusion; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23444436006     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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