The impact of an integrated transfusion reduction initiative in patients undergoing resection for colorectal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 944-951

  Froman, Joshua P ^a   Mathiason, Michelle A ^a   Kallies, Kara J ^a   Bottner, Wayne A ^a   Shapiro, Stephen B ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Long term survival; Perioperative anemia; Postoperative complications; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870978909     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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