RBC transfusion cited as overused, unhelpful.(Red Blood Cell transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery)(Brief article)

From: Internal Medicine News | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ATLANTA -- Despite guidelines recommending against red blood cell transfusions in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, the practice remains fairly common, and is often detrimental, a study shows.

Of 940 stable CABG patients from the Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Epidemiology II (EPI II), 20% received red blood cell transfusions, and these patients were significantly more likely than those who did not receive a transfusion to experience myocardial infarction (odds ratio 1.9), renal dysfunction (OR 3.4), renal failure requiring dialysis (OR ...

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