Variation in transfusion practices and the effect on outcomes after noncardiac surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Abdelsattar, Zaid M ^a,b   Hendren, Samantha ^a,b   Wong, Sandra L ^a,b   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Henke, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Propensity score; Surgery; Transfusion; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939432122     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001264     Document Type: Article

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