Influence of red blood cell transfusion on mortality and long-term functional outcome in 292 patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1886-1892

  Broessner, Gregor ^a   Lackner, Peter ^a   Hoefer, Clemens ^a   Beer, Ronny ^a   Helbok, Raimund ^a   Grabmer, Christoph ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Pfausler, Bettina ^a   Brenneis, Christian ^a   Schmutzhard, Erich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Mortality; Red blood cell transfusion; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449114411     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819ffd7f     Document Type: Article

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