Operative blood loss, blood transfusion and 30-day mortality in older patients after major noncardiac surgery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 426-428

  Mastracci, Tara M ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Mundi, Raman ^b   Rizoli, Sandro B ^b   Nascimento, Bartolomeu A ^b   Schreiber, Martin ^b   Baxter, N N ^b   Brasel, K J ^b   Brown, C J ^b   Chaudhury, P ^b   Cutter, C S ^b   Divino, C M ^b   Dixon, E ^b   Dubois, L ^b   Fitzgerald, G W N ^b   Henteleff, H J A ^b   Kirkpatrick, A W ^b   Latosinsky, S ^b   MacLean, A R ^b   Mastracci, T M ^b   McLeod, R S ^b   Morris, A M ^b   Neumayer, L A ^b   Temple, L K ^b   McKenzie, M E ^a   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872863955     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.025212     Document Type: Article

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