Less Is More: Results of a Statewide Analysis of the Impact of Blood Transfusion on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-136

  Crawford, Todd C ^a   Magruder, J Trent ^a   Fraser, Charles ^a   Suarez Pierre, Alejandro ^a   Alejo, Diane ^a,c   Bobbitt, Jennifer ^b,c   Fonner, Clifford E ^c   Canner, Joseph K ^a   Horvath, Keith ^c,d   Wehberg, Kurt ^c,e   Taylor, Bradley ^c,f   Kwon, Christopher ^g   Whitman, Glenn J ^a,c   Conte, John V ^a,c   Salenger, Rawn ^c,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Maryland Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative   (United States)

^d SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Peninsula Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; AGED; MARYLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85032177608     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.062     Document Type: Article

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