Blood transfusion for lower extremity bypass is associated with increased wound infection and graft thrombosis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Tze Woei ^a   Farber, Alik ^b   Hamburg, Naomi M ^b   Eberhardt, Robert T ^b   Rybin, Denis ^b   Doros, Gheorghe ^b   Eldrup Jorgensen, Jens ^c   Goodney, Philip P ^d   Cronenwett, Jack L ^d   Kalish, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BYPASS SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LOWER EXTREMITY BYPASS SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876682142     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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