Factors affecting perioperative transfusion decisions in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Shehata, Nadine ^a,b,c   Wilson, Kumanan ^c,d   Mazer, C David ^a   Tomlinson, George ^c   Streiner, David ^c,e   Hebert, Paul ^f   Naglie, Gary ^c,d,g  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33746892653     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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