Intraoperative transfusion of packed red blood cells in microvascular free tissue transfer patients: Assessment of 30-day morbidity using the NSQIP dataset

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-114

  Kim, Bobby D ^a   Ver Halen, Jon P ^b   Mlodinow, Alexei S ^c   Kim, John Y S ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

free flap; microsurgery; NSQIP; transfusion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84895077350     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357275     Document Type: Article

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