Predictors of transfusion of packed red blood cells in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery Preditores de transfusão de concentrado de hemácias em cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica

OBJECTIVES: Finding predictors of blood transfusion may facilitate the most efficient approach for the use of blood bank services in coronary artery bypass grafting procedures. The aim of this retrospective study is to identify preoperative and intraoperative patient characteristics predicting the n...

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Main Authors: Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá, Evelyn Figueira Soares, Cecília Andrade Santos, Omar Jacobina Figueiredo, Renato Oliveira Albuquerque Lima, Fábio Gonçalves de Rueda, Rodrigo Renda de Escobar, Alexandre Magno Macário Nunes Soares, Ricardo de Carvalho Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382011000400009