Debunking the survival bias myth: Characterization of mortality during the initial 24 hours for patients requiring massive transfusion

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-364

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Cohen, Mitchell J ^b   Minei, Joseph P ^c   Maier, Ronald V ^d,e   West, Micheal A ^b   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^h   Moore, Ernest E ^f,g   Cushieri, Joseph ^d,e   Sperry, Jason L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards regression; survival bias; transfusion ratios

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRANSFUSION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864606644     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825889ba     Document Type: Article

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