Red Blood Cell Transfusions Impact Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Donald S. Likosky, PhD, Gaetano Paone, MD, MHSA, Min Zhang, PhD, Mary A.M. Rogers, PhD, Steven D. Harrington, MD, MBA, Patricia F. Theurer, BSN, Alphonse DeLucia, MD, Astrid Fishstrom, LMSW, Anton Camaj, BS, Richard L. Prager, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 3, Pages 794-801 (September 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.089 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Rate of pneumonia by number of red blood cell (RBC) units after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 794-801DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.089) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Distribution of transfusions by timing and occurrence of postoperative pneumonia. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 794-801DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.089) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions