Are red blood cell transfusions associated with nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-468

  White, Malik ^a   Barron, Joel ^a   Gornbein, Jeff ^a   Lin, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 77954639388     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181ce708d     Document Type: Article

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