A clinical scenario-based survey of transfusion decisions for intensive care patients with delayed weaning from mechanical ventilation

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2661-2667

  Walsh, Timothy S ^a   MacIver, Caroline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VENTILATED PATIENT;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICINE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 71849098474     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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