Institutional variability of intraoperative red blood cell utilization in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-411

  Maddux, Franklin W ^a   Dickinson, Timothy A ^b   Rilla, Dirck ^b   Kamienski, Robert W ^c   Saha, Sibu P ^d   Eales, Frazier ^e   Rego, Alfredo ^f   Donias, Harry W ^g   Crutchfield, Susan L ^b   Hardin, Robert A ^b  

^a Specialty Care Services Group   (United States)

^b Hospital Clinical Services Group   (United States)

^c AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Minnesota Thoracic Associates   (United States)

^f South Florida Heart and Lung Institute   (United States)

^g Southern Nevada Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; CABG; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Evidence based medicine; Open heart surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349445298     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609339384     Document Type: Article

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