Impact of haemoglobin concentration on cardiovascular outcome after vascular surgery: A retrospective observational cohort study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 664-670

  Valentijn, Tabita M ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a   Martienus, Kelsey A ^a   Bakker, Erik Jan ^a   Van De Luijtgaarden, Koen M ^a   Verhagen, Hence J ^a   Stolker, Robert J ^a   Van Lier, Felix ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; TROPONIN T;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84885397363     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328362a5fd     Document Type: Article

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