Transfusion indication predictive score: A proposed risk stratification score for perioperative red blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgery

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-275

  Al Khabori, M ^a   Al Riyami, A Z ^a   Mukaddirov, M ^a   Al Sabti, H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Red cell components; Transfusion strategy; Transfusion surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925304141     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12163     Document Type: Article

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