Relationship of erythrocyte transfusion with short-and long-term mortality in a population-based surgical cohort

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1175-1183

  Karkouti, Keyvan ^a,b,c   Stukel, Thérèse A ^b   Beattie, W Scott ^a   Elsaadany, Susie ^d   Li, Ping ^e   Berger, Rachel ^d   Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b,d,f  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870238889     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318271604e     Document Type: Article

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