A BMI >35 does not protect patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery from red blood cell transfusion

Autor: Alan P. Kypson, Al H. Stammers, Timothy A. Dickinson, Sam Weinstein, Linda B. Mongero, Eric A. Tesdahl, John Brown
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Perfusion. 32:20-26
ISSN: 1477-111X
0267-6591
Popis: The effect of obesity on allogeneic intraoperative blood product transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is poorly understood. We analyzed the influence of obesity on the risk of intraoperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion among 45,200 consecutive non-reoperative CABG procedures from a multi-institutional perfusion database. A body mass index (BMI) in obese I category was associated with a 9.9% decrease in transfusion risk (p
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