How low is too low? Cardiac risks with anemia

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Fakhry, Samir M ^a   Fata, Paola ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood; Cardiac disease; Critically ill patients; Hemoglobin; Transfusion trigger

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 4344603653     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2845     Document Type: Review

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