Population
198 patients with ruptured aortic aneurysms treated during the period 1960-1981
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Cohort
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Transfusion volume was associated with mortality after ruptured AAA repair; this Level 3 evidence leaves open whether minimizing transfusions improves outcomes.
Surgical repair of ruptured aortic aneurysms carries a high mortality rate, with blood transfusion volume being a significant predictor of mortality and postoperative complications, though no single risk factor contraindicates surgery.
Fielding et al. (1984) studied this question.
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