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Morbidity and mortality risk associated with red blood cell and blood-component transfusion in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting*

Critical Care Medicine · 2006 · Vol. 34(6) · pp. 1608–1616

Colleen G. Koch✉(Cleveland Clinic)Liang Li(Cleveland Clinic)Andra I. Duncan(Cleveland Clinic)Tomislav Mihaljević(Cleveland Clinic)Delos M. Cosgrove(Cleveland Clinic)Floyd D. Loop(Cleveland Clinic)Norman J. Starr(Cleveland Clinic)Eugene H. Blackstone(Cleveland Clinic)

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Abstract

Perioperative red blood cell transfusion is the single factor most reliably associated with increased risk of postoperative morbid events after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Each unit of red cells transfused is associated with incrementally increased risk for adverse outcome.

Blood transfusion and management Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsMedicinePerioperativePacked red blood cellsBlood transfusionOdds ratioInternal medicineArteryCardiologyIntensive care unitConfidence interval

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AgedCoronary Artery BypassFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMorbidityPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSurvival RateBlood Component TransfusionHospital MortalityMyocardial Ischemia

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