Transfusion rate as a quality metric: Is blood conservation a learnable skill?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1279-1286

  Paone, Gaetano ^a   Brewer, Robert ^a   Likosky, Donald S ^b   Theurer, Patricia F ^c   Bell, Gail F ^c   Cogan, Chad M ^a   Prager, Richard L ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84885307647     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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