Association between intraoperative blood transfusion and mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-292

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Fleming, Fergal J ^d   Zollo, Raymond A ^a   Wissler, Richard ^a   Salloum, Rabih ^d   Meredith, U Wayne ^e   Osler, Turner M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND;

EID: 79251604754     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182054d06     Document Type: Article

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