Are blood transfusions associated with greater mortality rates? Results of the sepsis occurrence in acutely ill patients study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-39

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^b   Sprung, Charles ^c   Harboe, Svein ^d   Damas, Pierre ^e  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 37549025798     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000296070.75956.40     Document Type: Article

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