Transfusion of 1 and 2 units of red blood cells is associated with increased morbidity and mortality

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-94

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

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84891609047     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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