Red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: When is it time to say enough?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2114-2116

  Corwin, Howard L ^a   Shorr, Andrew F ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Anemia; Blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; NOTE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 66449097171     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a5c1f1     Document Type: Editorial

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