[HSF] More Bad News About Trasylol

[psimha]

Cumulative Mortality and Morbidity not just mortality.
Prasanna
Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> John,
>   I completely agree.  It is ridiculous to state that each unit  of packed 
> cells increases the mortality 7%.  If so, I would have had cases  who did fine 
> in spite of a 140% predicted mortality.  The 82 yo lady I'm  supposed to do 
> tomorrow has a HCT of 34.  She needs a redo CABG (1 graft),  mitral and tricuspid 
> repairs.  The EF is normal.  I suspect I'll  use 5 or 6 units of blood.  Do 
> you think I just increased her predicted  mortality an additional 30% in 
> addition to the inherent 15% risk?   Neither do I. 
> Hal
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