Effect of relative decrease in blood hemoglobin concentrations on postoperative morbidity in patients who undergo major gastrointestinal surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 949-956

  Spolverato, Gaya ^a   Kim, Yuhree ^a   Ejaz, Aslam ^a   Frank, Steven M ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84944726803     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1704     Document Type: Article

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