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Association Between Anemia and Blood Transfusion With Long-term Mortality After Cardiac Surgery

Friday, September 27, 2019

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.044

Author(s)

Hari Padmanabhan, Matthew J. Brookes, Alan M. Nevill, Heyman Luckraz

Patients undergoing elective or urgent cardiac surgery who were anemic at the time of surgery were compared to a matched population who were not anemic. Anemia was associated with increased mortality during follow-up, but blood transfusion was not associated with mortality.