Variation in Transfusion Practices and Their Associations with Perioperative Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Lower Extremity Arterial Bypass in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)

We examined perioperative transfusion practices and associated complications following open vascular procedures nationwide in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI).

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - April 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Zachary Osborne, Kristine Hanson, Benjamin Brooke, Marc Schermerhorn, Peter Henke, Rumi Faizer, Andres Schanzer, Philip Goodney, Thomas Bower, Randall DeMartino Tags: Abstract accepted for presentation during the 41st Annual Meeting of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Source Type: research