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Blood Transfusion and Survival Following Surgery for Renal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
EDNA T.H.,
VADA K.,
HESSELBERG F.,
MJØLNERØD O. K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1992.tb15690.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood transfusion , renal carcinoma , proportional hazards model , surgery , multivariate analysis , stage (stratigraphy) , survival rate , carcinoma , urology , paleontology , biology
Summary— The effect of peri‐operative blood transfusion on survival after surgery for renal carcinoma was studied in 201 patients. In addition to blood transfusion, several other factors were included in a multivariate analysis. Using Cox's proportional hazards model, transfusion of more than 4 units of blood was found to be an independent prognostic factor in addition to tumour stage, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and macrohaematuria.