Risks of Anemia in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 288-292

  Lobel, Gregg P ^a   Javidroozi, Mazyar ^a   Shander, Aryeh ^a  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; cardiac surgery; epidemiology; hemoglobin; ischemia; mortality; outcomes; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROCIRCULATION; ORGAN INJURY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84951138323     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: 19405596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253215613792     Document Type: Article

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