Discharge Hemoglobin Level and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Cho B, DeMario V, Grant M, Hensley N, Brown C, Hebbar S, Mandal K, Whitman G, Frank S. Discharge Hemoglobin Level and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2019, 128: 342-348. PMID: 30059402, PMCID: PMC6533067, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000003671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDischarge Hb levelsDischarge hemoglobin levelsReadmission ratesHb levelsPatient characteristicsHemoglobin levelsMultivariable analysisBlood utilizationCoronary artery bypass surgeryCertain patient comorbiditiesRestrictive transfusion strategyCharlson Comorbidity IndexCoronary artery bypassArtery bypass surgeryLarge randomized trialsRisk-adjusted oddsSimilar patient characteristicsLow Hb levelsCABG patientsDischarge HbPreoperative comorbiditiesArtery bypassComorbidity indexBypass surgeryPatient comorbidities