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Blood Transfusion and Infection After Cardiac Surgery

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1 Blood Transfusion and Infection After Cardiac Surgery
Keith A. Horvath, MD, Michael A. Acker, MD, Helena Chang, MS, Emilia Bagiella, PhD, Peter K. Smith, MD, Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS, Irving L. Kron, MD, Pamela Lackner, Michael Argenziano, MD, Deborah D. Ascheim, MD, Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD, Robert E. Michler, MD, Danielle Van Patten, John D. Puskas, MD, Karen O'Sullivan, MPH, Dorothy Kliniewski, RN, BSN, Neal O. Jeffries, PhD, Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, Alan J. Moskowitz, MD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 95, Issue 6, Pages (June 2013) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Distribution of transfusions by intraoperative (Intra-Op) versus postoperative (Post-Op) timing, or both. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Risk of major infection as a function of number of packed red blood cell (PRBC) units transfused. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Risk of major infection as a function of number of packed red blood cell (PRBC) units transfused, with and without platelet transfusion. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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