Increased mortality, postoperative morbidity, and cost after red blood cell transfusion in patients having cardiac surgery.

GJ, Murphy; BC, Reeves; CA, Rogers; SI, Rizvi; L, Culliford; GD, Angelini

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.107.698977

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Increased mortality, postoperative morbidity, and cost after red blood cell transfusion in patients having cardiac surgery.

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Authors:

Murphy GJ

Reeves BC

Rogers CA

Abstract

Background Red blood cell transfusion can both benefit and harm. To inform decisions about transfusion, we aimed to quantify associations of transfusion with clinical outcomes and cost in patients having cardiac surgery.Methods and results Clinical, hematology, and blood transfusion databases were l...

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