Red blood cell transfusions in patients undergoing lower extremity artery bypass surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-43

  Niemi, Tomi T ^a,c   Kuitunen, A H ^a   Haukka, J ^b   Lepantalo M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arterial bypass; Lower limbs; Red blood cell; Transfusion; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; BODY SURFACE; BYPASS SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORODISTAL RECONSTRUCTION; FINLAND; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 33645385372     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690609500108     Document Type: Review

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