Targeting anemia with erythropoietin during critical illness

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1037-1039

  Cook, Deborah ^a   Crowther, Mark ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34548403051     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078150     Document Type: Editorial

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