Red blood cells and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an analysis of 672 operative deaths.

Autor: Paone G; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: gpaone1@hfhs.org., Herbert MA; Southwest Data Consultants, Dallas, Texas., Theurer PF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Bell GF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Williams JK; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Shannon FL; Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan., Likosky DS; Section of Health Services Research and Quality, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Prager RL; Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Publikováno v: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2015 May; Vol. 99 (5), pp. 1583-9; discussion 1589-90. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 07.

Transfusion of 1 and 2 units of red blood cells is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

Autor: Paone G; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: gpaone1@hfhs.org., Likosky DS; Section of Health Services Research and Quality, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan., Brewer R; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan., Theurer PF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan., Bell GF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan., Cogan CM; Department of Public Health Services, Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan., Prager RL; Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan.

Publikováno v: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2014 Jan; Vol. 97 (1), pp. 87-93; discussion 93-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Oct 03.

Transfusion rate as a quality metric: is blood conservation a learnable skill?

Autor: Paone G; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: gpaone1@hfhs.org., Brewer R; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan., Likosky DS; Section of Health Services Research and Quality, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Theurer PF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Bell GF; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan., Cogan CM; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan., Prager RL; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Publikováno v: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2013 Oct; Vol. 96 (4), pp. 1279-1286. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jul 31.

Validation of a perfusion registry: methodological approach and initial findings.

Autor: Paugh TA; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA., Dickinson TA, Theurer PF, Bell GF, Shann KG, Baker RA, Mellas NB, Prager RL, Likosky DS

Publikováno v: The journal of extra-corporeal technology [J Extra Corpor Technol] 2012 Sep; Vol. 44 (3), pp. 104-15.

A method to evaluate cardiac surgery mortality: phase of care mortality analysis.

Autor: Shannon FL; Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA., Fazzalari FL, Theurer PF, Bell GF, Sutcliffe KM, Prager RL

Publikováno v: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2012 Jan; Vol. 93 (1), pp. 36-43; discussion 43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Oct 05.