Do blood transfusions improve outcomes related to mechanical ventilation?

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1850-1857

  Hébert, Paul C ^a   Blajchman, Morris A ^b   Cook, Deborah J ^b   Yetisir, Elizabeth ^a   Wells, George ^a   Marshall, John ^c   Schweitzer, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Oxygen delivery; RBC transfusion; Transfusion trigger; Weaning

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

EID: 2342529457     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1850     Document Type: Article

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