Longer blood storage is associated with suboptimal outcomes in high-risk pediatric cardiac surgery.

Manlhiot C, McCrindle BW, Menjak IB, Yoon H, Holtby HM, Brand?o LR, Chan AK, Schwartz SM, Sivarajan VB, Crawford-Lean L, Foreman C, Caldarone CA, Van Arsdell GS, Gruenwald CE. Longer blood storage is associated with suboptimal outcomes in high-risk pediatric cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 May; 93(5):1563-9.

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subject areas

Adolescent
Blood Preservation
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Databases, Factual
Education, Medical, Continuing
Erythrocyte Count
Erythrocyte Transfusion
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Defects, Congenital
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Infant
Linear Models
Logistic Models
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome

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Steven M Schwartz, MD

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