Transfusion trigger in critically ill patients: Has the puzzle been completed?

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Reiles, Eric ^a   Van der Linden, Philippe ^a  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 40749090388     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5936     Document Type: Article

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