Indications for red blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e543-e553

  Patel, Nishith N ^a   Avlonitis, Vassilios S ^b   Jones, Hayley E ^c   Reeves, Barnaby C ^c   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^c   Murphy, Gavin J ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; ODDS RATIO; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84948808426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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