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Blood transfusion in cardiac surgery is a risk factor for increased hospital length of stay in adult patients

BACKGROUND: Allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion has been proposed as a negative indicator of quality in cardiac surgery. Hospital length of stay (LOS) may be a surrogate of poor outcome in transfused patients. METHODS: Data from 502 patients included in Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac...

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Autores principales: Galas, Filomena RBG, Almeida, Juliano P, Fukushima, Julia T, Osawa, Eduardo A, Nakamura, Rosana E, Silva, Carolina MPDC, de Almeida, Elisângela Pinto Marinho, Auler, Jose Otavio Costa, Vincent, Jean-Louis, Hajjar, Ludhmila A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23531208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-54