Transfusion of 1 and 2 units of red blood cells does not increase mortality and organ failure in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting | Zendy

Andreas Koster | Zendy; Armin Zittermann | Zendy; Jochen Börgermann | Zendy; Cornelius Knabbe | Zendy; Jürgen Diekmann | Zendy; Uwe Schirmer | Zendy; Jan Gummert | Zendy

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Transfusion of 1 and 2 units of red blood cells does not increase mortality and organ failure in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Author(s) -

Andreas Koster,

Armin Zittermann,

Jochen Börgermann,

Cornelius Knabbe,

Jürgen Diekmann,

Uwe Schirmer,

Jan Gummert

Publication year - 2015

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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv252

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , odds ratio , confidence interval , blood transfusion , artery , surgery , organ dysfunction , cardiology , sepsis

In cardiac surgery, the association between red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and clinical outcome is elusive. We investigated in a large cohort of patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) the effect of transfusion of 1-2 units of leucocyte-depleted RBCs on mortality and multiorgan failure.

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