Elevated red cell distribution width is associated with delayed postoperative recovery after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot

• Hauptverfasser: Shine Kumar (Verfasst von), Abish Sudhakar (Verfasst von), Maitreyi Mohan (Verfasst von), Rakhi Balachandran (Verfasst von), Benedict Raj (Verfasst von), Sunil Gopalraj Sumangala (Verfasst von), R Krishna Kumar (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
• Online-Zugang: Connect to this object online.

Objective: To study the impact of red cell distribution width (RDW) on postoperative recovery after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Background: Increased RDW indicates dysregulated erythropoiesis and predicts survival in critical illnesses that include idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertensi...