The prevalence and association with transfusion, intensive care unit stay and mortality of pre-operative anaemia in a cohort of cardiac surgery patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 812-818

  Hung, M ^a   Besser, M ^b   Sharples, L D ^c   Nair, S K ^a   Klein, A A ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; TRANSFUSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ANEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80051795832     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06819.x     Document Type: Article

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