Blood product transfusion in association with coronary artery bypass grafting: Proceed with caution

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1823-1824

  Malone, Debra L ^a   Poston, Robert S ^a   Hess, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood transfusion; Coronary artery bypass graft; Hematocrit; Outcome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33744521581     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000219373.66120.01     Document Type: Editorial

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