Impact of major bleeding and blood transfusions after cardiac surgery: Analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial
Stone G, Clayton T, Mehran R, Dangas G, Parise H, Fahy M, Pocock S. Impact of major bleeding and blood transfusions after cardiac surgery: Analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial. American Heart Journal 2012, 163: 522-529. PMID: 22424026, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell transfusionAcute coronary syndromeBlood cell transfusionMajor bleedingRBC transfusionCell transfusionCoronary syndromeCardiac surgerySubsequent mortalityUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialAllogeneic blood product transfusionInternational prospective trialsCoronary artery bypassMajor hemorrhagic complicationsOne-year mortalityBlood product transfusionCovariate-adjusted Cox modelsPrior retrospective studiesFresh frozen plasmaAcute CatheterizationArtery bypassHemorrhagic complicationsProduct transfusionHospital dischargeProspective trial