Effects of red-cell storage duration on patients undergoing cardiac surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1419-1429

  Steiner, Marie E ^a   Ness, Paul M ^c   Assmann, Susan F ^e   Triulzi, Darrell J ^m   Sloan, Steven R ^f   Delaney, Meghan ⁿ   Granger, Suzanne ^e   Bennett Guerrero, Elliott ^p   Blajchman, Morris A ^r   Scavo, Vincent ^s   Carson, Jeffrey L ^t   Levy, Jerrold H ^p   Whitman, Glenn ^c   D'Andrea, Pamela ^m   Pulkrabek, Shelley ^a   Ortel, Thomas L ^p   Bornikova, Larissa ^g   Raife, Thomas ^v   Puca, Kathleen E ^w   Kaufman, Richard M ^h   Nuttall, Gregory A ^b   Young, Pampee P ^z   Youssef, Samuel ^o   Engelman, Richard ^i,l   Greilich, Philip E ^aa   Miles, Ronald ^y   Josephson, Cassandra D ^ab   Bracey, Arthur ^ac   Cooke, Rhonda ^d   McCullough, Jeffrey ^a   Hunsaker, Robert ^j   Uhl, Lynne ^k   McFarland, Janice G ^x   Park, Yara ^q   Cushing, Melissa M ^ad   Klodell, Charles T ^af   Karanam, Ravindra ^u   Roberts, Pamela R ^ag   Dyke, Cornelius ^ah   Hod, Eldad A ^ae   Stowell, Christopher P ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^r MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^s St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^t ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^u NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^w ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^x FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^y Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^z VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ab EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ac TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ad WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^ae NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^ah UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFECTION; INFESTATION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED CELL STORAGE DURATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927153742     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1414219     Document Type: Article

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