Open AccessAssociation of Preoperative Anemia With Postoperative Mortality in Neonates
Author(s) -
Susan M. Goobie,
David Faraoni,
David Zurakowski,
James A. DiNardo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1032
Subject(s) - medicine , hematocrit , anemia , univariate analysis , population , odds ratio , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , surgery , multivariate analysis , environmental health
Neonates undergoing noncardiac surgery are at risk for adverse outcomes. Preoperative anemia is a strong independent risk factor for postoperative mortality in adults. To our knowledge, this association has not been investigated in the neonatal population.
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