Blood transfusion after pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with prolonged hospital stay

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Salvin, Joshua W ^a   Scheurer, Mark A ^a   Laussen, Peter C ^a   Wypij, David ^a   Polito, Angelo ^a,b   Bacha, Emile A ^a   Pigula, Frank A ^a   McGowan, Francis X ^a   Costello, John M ^a   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650478048     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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