Surgical outcomes and transfusion of minimal amounts of blood in the operating room

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Ferraris, Victor A ^a,b   Davenport, Daniel L ^b   Saha, Sibu P ^b   Austin, Peter C ^c   Zwischenberger, Joseph B ^b  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856011477     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.790     Document Type: Article

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