Transfusion practice and blood stream infections in critically ill patients

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1722-1728

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Jackson, William L ^a   Kelly, Kathleen M ^b   Fu, Min ^b   Kollef, Marin H ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood; Blood stream infection; Immunosuppression; Intensive care; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 19844370326     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.5.1722     Document Type: Article

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