Aggressive red blood cell transfusion: No association with improved outcomes for victims of isolated traumatic brain injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-343

  George, Mark E ^a   Skarda, David E ^a   Watts, Charles R ^b   Pham, Hoai D ^a   Beilman, Greg J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Head injury; Resuscitation; Transfusion; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BRAIN INJURIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 51449118676     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9066-y     Document Type: Article

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