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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |