Journal article
Exploratory studies on the age of transfused blood and in‐hospital mortality in patients with cardiovascular diagnoses
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The objective was to examine the association between blood storage duration and in-hospital mortality in a large cohort of cardiovascular patients transfused between 2002 and 2011.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Cox regression models were fitted to assess the effect of red blood cell (RBC) storage duration on risk of in-hospital mortality in cardiovascular patients (2002-2011). Time-dependent covariates summarizing the maximum age of …
Authors
Heddle NM; Eikelboom J; Liu Y; Barty R; Cook RJ
Journal
Transfusion, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 364–372
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 2015
DOI
10.1111/trf.12861
ISSN
0041-1132