Smoking and risk of surgical bleeding: nationwide analysis of 5,452,411 surgical cases.

Ask T NordestgaardLars S RasmussenMartin SillesenJacob SteinmetzDavid R KingNoelle SaillantHaytham M KaafaraniGeorge C Velmahos

Published in: Transfusion (2020)

Smoking was associated with a higher risk of RBC transfusion as a proxy for surgical bleeding across all surgical specialties combined.

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