Preoperative Anemia and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1840-1848

  Padmanabhan, Hari ^a   Siau, Keith ^a   Curtis, Jason ^b   Ng, Alex ^a   Menon, Shyam ^a   Luckraz, Heyman ^c   Brookes, Matthew J ^a  

^a ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c American Hospital Dubai   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EVENT; COMPLICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85072995984     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.108     Document Type: Article

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