Blood transfusion and cancer surgery outcomes: A continued reason for concern

The adverse effects of blood transfusion after cancer surgery have been recently challenged in older anemic persons or those with substantial intraoperative blood loss. We hypothesized that intraoperative blood transfusions continue to adversely impact short-term cancer surgery outcomes regardless o...

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Published in:	Surgery Vol. 152; no. 3; pp. 344 - 354
Main Authors:	Al-Refaie, Waddah B., Parsons, Helen M., Markin, Abraham, Abrams, Jerome, Habermann, Elizabeth B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.09.2012 Elsevier
Subjects:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data Erythrocyte Transfusion - adverse effects Erythrocyte Transfusion - statistics & numerical data Female General aspects Humans Incidence Intraoperative Period Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Neoplasms - surgery Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - etiology Risk Factors Surgery Survival Rate Transfusion Reaction Treatment Outcome Medicine Prognosis Treatment Transfusion Surgery Evolution Malignant tumor Blood Cancer
ISSN:	0039-6060, 1532-7361, 1532-7361
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