The Association of Preoperative Hematocrit and Transfusion with Mortality in Patients Undergoing Elective Non-cardiac Surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1939-1948

  Gabriel, Rodney A ^a,b   Clark, Anthony I ^b   Nguyen, Albert P ^b   Waterman, Ruth S ^b   Schmidt, Ulrich H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85034038805     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4359-y     Document Type: Article

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