June 1, 1993Critical Care Medicine
Relationship between postoperative anemia and cardiac morbidity in high-risk vascular patients in the intensive care unit
Why the study?
Does postoperative anemia increase postoperative myocardial ischemia and cardiac morbidity in high-risk vascular patients in the intensive care unit?
Population
High-risk vascular patients in the intensive care unit
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support hemoglobin monitoring in high-risk vascular ICU patients; leaves open whether correction reduces cardiac morbidity.
Structured PICO
Does postoperative anemia increase postoperative myocardial ischemia and cardiac morbidity in high-risk vascular patients in the intensive care unit?
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Population
High-risk vascular patients in the intensive care unit
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Intervention
Postoperative anemia
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Outcome
Postoperative myocardial ischemia and cardiac morbidityhard clinical
Postoperative anemia may contribute to myocardial ischemia and cardiac morbidity in high-risk vascular patients in the ICU.
Cite This Study
Nelson et al. (1993) studied this question.