Intraoperative Transfusion of 1 U to 2 U Packed Red Blood Cells Is Associated with Increased 30-Day Mortality, Surgical-Site Infection, Pneumonia, and Sepsis in General Surgery Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bernard, Andrew C ^a   Davenport, Daniel L ^a   Chang, Phillip K ^a   Vaughan, Taylor B ^a   Zwischenberger, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 64949084201     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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