Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Feb 2013
Multicenter Study[Blood transfusion during heart surgery. A retrospective nested case-control study].
To assess the correlation between intraoperative packed red blood cells transfusion and adverse outcome in a Spanish cohort of cardiac surgery patients. ⋯ In this cohort of patients, intraoperative transfusion might independently predict higher risk of early acute kidney damage, prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation, and a need for haemodynamic support, and reduced short term survival (adjusted OR for mortality: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.19-1.42), and longer hospital stays (4 days longer).