Right data, wrong conclusions

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1383-1384

  Netzer, Giora ^a   Dutton, Richard P ^b   Hess, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain oxygen tension monitoring; Erythrocyte storage lesion; Red cell aging; Red cell transfusion trigger; Transfusion; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN TISSUE OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 41649098936     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31816a10a3     Document Type: Editorial

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