Red blood cell transfusion in critically ill children is independently associated with increased mortality

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1414-1422

  Kneyber, Martin C J ^a   Hersi, Mohammed I ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Markhorst, Dick G ^a   Plötz, Frans B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critically ill children; Erythrocyte transfusions; Mortality; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPERIENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547102741     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0741-9     Document Type: Article

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