Open AccessDelayed re-exploration for bleeding after coronary artery bypass surgery results in adverse outcomes☆
Author(s) -
Cliff Khuat Chye Choong,
Caroline Gerrard,
Kimberley Goldsmith,
Helen Dunningham,
Alain Vuylsteke
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.02.001
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , univariate analysis , logistic regression , blood transfusion , euroscore , mechanical ventilation , surgery , artery , anesthesia , multivariate analysis
We aimed to identify the impact of re-exploration for bleeding after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and the effect of time delay, re-exploration within 12h (<12h) versus 12h or later (>or=12h).