Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients.

Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients.

<h4>Background</h4>Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac surgery. Whereas there is sporadic evidence of its value as a preoperative risk marker, it has n...

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Main Authors: Eitezaz Mahmood, Ziyad O Knio, Feroze Mahmood, Rabia Amir, Sajid Shahul, Bilal Mahmood, Yanick Baribeau, Ariel Mueller, Robina Matyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182118&type=printable

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