International multicentre observational study to evaluate the association between perioperative red blood cell transfusions and 1-year mortality after major cancer surgery (ARCA-1): study design, statistical analysis plan and study protocol.

Filiacions

Cata J:

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Forget P:

Department of Anaestheia, NHS Grampian, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

Chen LL:

Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Diaz-Cambronero O:

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Chen W:

Department of Anaesthesiology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Warner MA:

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Knopfelmacher Couchonal A:

Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Pelosi P:

Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l'Oncologia, Genova, Italy

Cuellar L:

Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico, Mexico

Romero C:

Department of Anesthesiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lobo F:

Department of Anaesthesiology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Saager L:

Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Gottingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

Castro Tapia J:

Department of Anesthesiology, Clinica Alemana de Santiago SA, Vitacura, Chile

Kiberenge R:

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Serpa Neto A:

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil