Association Between Hospital Intraoperative Blood Transfusion Practices for Surgical Blood Loss and Hospital Surgical Mortality Rates

Abstract

Large variation exists in hospitals' intraoperative blood transfusion practices for older patients with significant surgical blood loss. Hospitals with higher transfusion rates for patients with significant surgical blood loss have lower adjusted 30-day mortality for these patients. Hospital intraoperative blood transfusion practices may be a promising surgical quality indicator.