Association of Hematocrit and Red Blood Cell Transfusion with Outcomes in Infants Undergoing Norwood Operation

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1212-1218

  Gupta, Punkaj ^a,b   King, Caitlin ^b   Benjamin, Lisle ^b   Goodhart, Timothy ^b   Robertson, Michael J ^b   Gossett, Jeffrey M ^a   Pesek, Gina A ^a   DasGupta, Rahul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Congenital heart disease; Hematocrit; Infants; Norwood

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; AGE; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BLALOCK-TAUSSIG PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937636161     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1147-z     Document Type: Article

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