Evaluation of a novel transfusion algorithm employing point-of-care coagulation assays in cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study with interrupted time-series analysis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 560-570

  Karkouti, Keyvan ^a   McCluskey, Stuart A ^b   Callum, Jeannie ^d   Freedman, John ^e   Selby, Rita ^c   Timoumi, Tarik ^f   Roy, Debashis ^a   Rao, Vivek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924333635     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000556     Document Type: Article

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