Impact of surgeon experience on the rate of blood transfusion in off-pump coronary artery bypass

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 145-151

  Chen, Jeng Wei ^a,b   Hsu, Ron Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Off pump coronary artery bypass; Surgeon experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARDIAC SURGEON; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; WORK EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGEONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84960403178     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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