Sex-Discordant Blood Transfusions and Survival After Cardiac Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Martin J Holzmann; Ulrik Sartipy; Martin L Olsson; Paul Dickman; Gustaf Edgren

doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025087

Sex-Discordant Blood Transfusions and Survival After Cardiac Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Circulation. 2016 Nov 22;134(21):1692-1694. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025087.

Authors

Martin J Holzmann¹, Ulrik Sartipy², Martin L Olsson², Paul Dickman², Gustaf Edgren²

Affiliations

¹ From Department of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden (M.J.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (M.J.H.); Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (U.S.); Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (U.S.); Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Office of Medical Services, Region Skåne, Sweden (M.L.O.); Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden (M.L.O); Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (P.D., G.E.); and Hematology Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (G.E.). martin.holzmann@karolinska.se.
² From Department of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden (M.J.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (M.J.H.); Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (U.S.); Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (U.S.); Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Office of Medical Services, Region Skåne, Sweden (M.L.O.); Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden (M.L.O); Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (P.D., G.E.); and Hematology Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (G.E.).

PMID: 27881511
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025087

No abstract available

Keywords: blood transfusion; sex-discordant; survival; thoracic surgery.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Donors*
Blood Loss, Surgical / mortality
Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / mortality
Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects
Erythrocyte Transfusion / methods*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / mortality
Female
Humans
Male
Postoperative Hemorrhage / etiology
Postoperative Hemorrhage / mortality
Postoperative Hemorrhage / therapy*
Proportional Hazards Models
Registries
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Sweden / epidemiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome