Transfusion practice varies widely in cardiac surgery: Results from a national registry

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  McQuilten, Zoe K ^a,b   Andrianopoulos, Nick ^a   Wood, Erica M ^a   Cole Sinclair, Merrole F ^c   McNeil, John J ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a   Reid, Christopher M ^a   Newcomb, Andrew E ^d   Smith, Julian A ^a,e   Phillips, Louise E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; TEACHING; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899988532     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.051     Document Type: Article

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