Gender disparities in red blood cell transfusion in elective surgery: A post hoc multicentre cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Gombotz, Hans ^a,b   Schreier, Günter ^b   Neubauer, Sandra ^b   Kastner, Peter ^b   Hofmann, Axel ^c,d,e  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIP REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85006335440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012210     Document Type: Article

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