The least of 3 evils: Exposure to red blood cell transfusion, anemia, or both?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Loor, Gabriel ^a   Rajeswaran, Jeevanantham ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   McCrae, Keith R ^b   Koch, Colleen G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 84888027824     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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