Hitting the "tipping point" of TRICC?

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2076-2079

  Cserti Gazdewich, Christine M ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSFUSION REQUIREMENTS IN CRITICAL CARE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649463573     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02879.x     Document Type: Editorial

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