Clinical consequences of anemia and red cell transfusion in the critically ill

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-235

  Hébert, Paul C ^a   McDonald, Bernard J ^a,b   Tinmouth, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342544104     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2003.12.006     Document Type: Review

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