Outcomes with the use of recombinant human erythropoietin in critically ill burn patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 951-956

  Lundy, Jonathan B ^a   Hetz, Katherine ^b   Chung, Kevin K ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   White, Christopher E ^a   King, Booker T ^a   Huzar, Todd ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a,c   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957333506     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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