Risk of Adverse Outcomes Associated With Blood Transfusion After Cardiac Surgery Depends on the Amount of Transfusion1

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Whitson, Bryan A ^a   Huddleston, Stephen J ^a   Savik, Kay ^b   Shumway, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; complication; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 71649097061     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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