Association among Blood Transfusion, Sepsis, and Decreased Long-term Survival after Colon Cancer Resection

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 311-317

  Aquina, Christopher T ^a   Blumberg, Neil ^a   Becerra, Adan Z ^a   Boscoe, Francis P ^b   Schymura, Maria J ^b   Noyes, Katia ^a   Monson, John R T ^a,c   Fleming, Fergal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; colon cancer surgery; disease specific survival; overall survival; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84987917104     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001990     Document Type: Article

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