Outcome of Patients Who Refuse Transfusion After Cardiac Surgery | Zendy

Gregory Pattakos | Zendy; Colleen G. Koch | Zendy; Mariano E. Brizzio | Zendy; Lillian H. Batizy | Zendy; Joseph F. Sabik | Zendy; Eugene H. Blackstone | Zendy; Michael S. Lauer | Zendy

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Outcome of Patients Who Refuse Transfusion After Cardiac Surgery

Author(s) -

Gregory Pattakos,

Colleen G. Koch,

Mariano E. Brizzio,

Lillian H. Batizy,

Joseph F. Sabik,

Eugene H. Blackstone,

Michael S. Lauer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2449

Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , intensive care unit , blood transfusion , myocardial infarction , cardiac surgery , hazard ratio , confidence interval

Jehovah's Witness patients (Witnesses) who undergo cardiac surgery provide a unique natural experiment in severe blood conservation because anemia, transfusion, erythropoietin, and antifibrinolytics have attendant risks. Our objective was to compare morbidity and long-term survival of Witnesses undergoing cardiac surgery with a similarly matched group of patients who received transfusions.

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