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Pre-operative anaemia is associated with total morbidity burden on days 3 and 5 after cardiac surgery: a cohort study

Julie Sanders, Jackie A. Cooper, Daniel S. Farrar, Simon Braithwaite, Updeshbir Sandhu, Michael G. Mythen, Hugh Montgomery

Perioperative Medicine · 2017

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Summary

Pre-operative anaemia and RBC transfusion are independently associated with increased post-operative TMB. Understanding TMB may assist in post-operative patient management to reduce morbidity. We recommend the use of the C-POMS tool as a standard outcome tool in further studies.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1186/s13741-017-0057-4
Catalogue ID
BFmoakvpzf-apjbix
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