Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-234

  Hébert, Paul C ^a   Yetisir, Elizabeth ^a   Martin, Claudio ^c   Blajchman, Morris A ^e   Wells, George ^a   Marshall, John ^b   Tweeddale, Martin ^d   Pagliarello, Giuseppe ^a   Schweitzer, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Critical care; Hemoglobin; Ischemic heart disease; Oxygen delivery; Red blood cell transfusion practice; Transfusion trigger; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0035118207     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00001     Document Type: Article

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