Preoperative predicted risk does not fully explain the association between red blood cell transfusion and mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-185

  Paone, Gaetano ^a   Brewer, Robert ^a   Theurer, Patricia F ^b   Bell, Gail F ^b   Cogan, Chad M ^a   Prager, Richard L ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 83555163604     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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