Preoperative anemia is an independent predictor of postoperative mortality and adverse cardiac events in elderly patients undergoing elective vascular operations

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1096-1102

  Gupta, Prateek K ^a   Sundaram, Abhishek ^b   MacTaggart, Jason N ^c   Johanning, Jason M ^c   Gupta, Himani ^d   Fang, Xiang ^e   Forse, Robert Armour ^b   Balters, Marcus ^b   Longo, Gernon Matthew ^c   Sugimoto, Jeffrey T ^b   Lynch, Thomas G ^c   Pipinos, Iraklis I ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; endovascular; hemoglobin; outcomes; vascular

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84888131344     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318288e957     Document Type: Article

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