Pre-operative anaemia is associated with total morbidity burden on days 3 and 5 after cardiac surgery: a cohort study

Table 3 Morbidity outcome by domain following RBC transfusion

C-POMS morbidity domain	OR (95%CI)^a	p value	Bonferroni adjusted p value
Pulmonary	3.55 (1.87–6.73)	0.0001	0.001
Infectious	1.71 (0.71–4.15)	0.232	1.00
Renal	4.52 (1.88–10.83)	0.001	0.013
Gastrointestinal	2.58 (1.42–4.68)	0.002	0.026
Cardiovascular	4.14 (1.37–12.47)	0.012	0.156
Neurological	5.89 (2.65–13.09)	0.00001	0.0001
Haematological	2.98 (1.20–7.41)	0.019	0.247
Wound	1.89 (0.66–5.40)	0.237	1.000
Pain	1.39 (0.51–3.78)	0.514	1.000
Endocrine	4.40 (1.97–9.84)	0.0003	0.004
Electrolyte	0.66 (0.14–3.08)	0.594	1.000
Review	1.97 (1.06–3.64)	0.032	0.416
Assisted ambulation	6.49 (2.57–16.40)	0.00008	0.001

^aOdds ratio for association of transfusion with domain after adjustment for age, gender, time point and Hb

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