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Balan Baskaran

Publications 2

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Preoperative Anemia is Associated with Increased Intraoperative Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Balan Baskaran, Sathiya M. Panchatcharam et al. · Oman Medical Journal · 2021 · 10.5001/omj.2021.66

Objectives: We sought to investigate the incidence of preoperative anemia in cardiac surgery and its association with outcomes. Methods: A retrospective review of clinical, laboratory, and transfusion data for all patients who underwent cardiac surgery at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital between 2008 and 2014 was perf …

Research article Open access

Impact of Blood Transfusion on Troponin I Levels and Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: A Cohort Study

Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Balan Baskaran et al. · Oman Medical Journal · 2019 · 10.5001/omj.2019.03

Objectives: Increased cardiac troponin I (TI) has been suggested to be a sensitive indicator of intraoperative myocardial injury. We investigated the association of transfusion on TI levels post-surgery and outcomes in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgeries. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 542 p …

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