Variation in transfusion rates within a single institution: Exploring the effect of differing practice patterns on the likelihood of blood product transfusion in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 297-302

  Cote, Claudia ^a   MacLeod, Jeffrey B ^b   Yip, Alexandra M ^b   Ouzounian, Maral ^c   Brown, Craig D ^b   Forgie, Rand ^b   Pelletier, Marc P ^b   Hassan, Ansar ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

AGED; ANESTHESIST; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW BRUNSWICK; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922324283     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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