Open AccessDischarge Hemoglobin Level and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Author(s) -
Brian Cho,
Vincent M. DeMario,
Michael C. Grant,
Nadia B. Hensley,
Charles H. Brown,
Sachin Hebbar,
Kaushik Mandal,
Glenn Whitman,
Steven M. Frank
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003671
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hemoglobin , comorbidity , bypass grafting , blood transfusion , artery , cardiology , surgery
Restrictive transfusion strategies supported by large randomized trials are resulting in decreased blood utilization in cardiac surgery. What remains to be determined, however, is the impact of lower discharge hemoglobin (Hb) levels on readmission rates. We assessed patients with higher versus lower Hb levels on discharge to compare 30-day readmission rates after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).