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Red Blood Cell Transfusions Impact Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting  Donald S. Likosky, PhD, Gaetano Paone, MD, MHSA, Min Zhang,

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1 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 (September 2015) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 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  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Distribution of transfusions by timing and occurrence of postoperative pneumonia. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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