The indication for perioperative red blood cell transfusions is a predictive risk factor for severe postoperative morbidity and mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1050-1057

  Willems, Ariane ^a   Van Lerberghe, Céline ^a,b   Gonsette, Kimberly ^a,b   De Villé, Andrée ^a,b   Melot, Christian ^c   Hardy, Jean François ^d   Van der Linden, Philippe ^a,b  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Outcome; Paediatric; Red blood cell; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INOTROPIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900544840     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt548     Document Type: Article

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