Risks and Predictors of Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Open Heart Operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Székely, Andrea ^a   Cserép, Zsuzsanna ^b   Sápi, Erzsébet ^a   Breuer, Tamás ^a,b   Nagy, Csaba A ^c   Vargha, Péter ^b   Hartyánszky, István ^a   Szatmári, András ^a   Treszl, András ^b  

^a Hungarian Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Uzsoki Street Hospital of the Budapest Municipality ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 57649230567     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.079     Document Type: Article

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