Variation in use of blood transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1568-1575

  Bennett Guerrero, Elliott ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Ferguson, T B ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Gammie, James S ^c   Song, Howard K ^d  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b East Carolina Heart Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957928301     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1406     Document Type: Article

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