Thrombocytopenia in critically ill surgical patients: A case-control study evaluating attributable mortality and transfusion requirements

Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 151-158

  Stephan, François ^a,b   De Montblanc, Jacques ^a   Cheffi, Ali ^a   Bonnet, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; Bleeding; Case control study; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Prognosis; Sepsis; Thrombocytopenia; Transfusion; Underlying disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033452346     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc369     Document Type: Article

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