Red Blood Cell Transfusions Impact Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

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Pneumonia, a known complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), significantly increases a patient's risk of morbidity and mortality. Although not well characterized, red blood cell (RBC) transfusions may increase a patient's risk of pneumonia. We describe the relationship between RBC transfusion and postoperative pneumonia after CABG.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann. Thorac. Surg.

Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1552-6259

ISSN (Print): 0003-4975

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2015

Volume: 100

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative. Electronic address: likosky@umich.edu.

[2 ] Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

[3 ] Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[4 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[5 ] Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals, Clinton Township, Michigan.

[6 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative.

[7 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[8 ] School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0003-4975(15)00579-2 Mid ID: NIHMS791881

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.089

PMC ID: 4904229

PubMed ID: 26209489

SO-VID: af2feffb-e24f-46f0-9a07-5f6f410f883e

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