Survival and length of stay following blood transfusion in octogenarians following cardiac surgery: Original article

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Veenith, T ^b   Sharples, L ^b   Gerrard, C ^b   Valchanov, K ^a   Vuylsteke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77949760164     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06225.x     Document Type: Article

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