Blood Transfusion and its Effect on the Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Major Lower Extremity Amputation

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-473

  D'Ayala, Marcus ^a   Huzar, Todd ^a   Briggs, William ^a   Fahoum, Bashar ^a   Wong, Shannon ^a   Wise, Leslie ^a   Tortolani, Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951667511     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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