Postoperative anemia and exercise tolerance after cardiac operations in patients without transfusion: What hemoglobin level is acceptable?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Ranucci, Marco ^a   La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^b   Castelvecchio, Serenella ^a   Maestri, Roberto ^b   Menicanti, Lorenzo ^a   Frigiola, Alessandro ^a   D'Armini, Andrea Maria ^c   Goggi, Claudio ^c   Tramarin, Roberto ^d   Febo, Oreste ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; WALKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79959779644     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.058     Document Type: Article

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