Comparison of two red-cell transfusion strategies after pediatric cardiac surgery: A subgroup analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 649-656

  Willems, Ariane ^a   Harrington, Karen ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Biarent, Dominique ^b   Joffe, Ari R ^c   Wensley, David ^d   Ducruet, Thierry ^e   Hébert, Paul C ^f   Tucci, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Erythrocyte; Hemoglobin; Pediatric critical care; Randomized clinical trial; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 74949096007     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bc816c     Document Type: Article

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