Anemia, transfusions and hospital outcomes among critically ill patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: A retrospective cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a   Stern, Lee S ^b   Wiederkehr, Daniel P ^b   Doyle, John J ^b   Shorr, Andrew F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Analytica International   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149111103     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6885     Document Type: Article

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