Red cell transfusion triggers in critically ill patients: Time for some new TRICCs?

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Walsh, Timothy S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; APACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 78649825913     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9043     Document Type: Note

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