Anemia and blood transfusion in a surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Sakr, Yasser ^a   Lobo, Suzana ^a   Knuepfer, Stefanie ^a   Esser, Elizabeth ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a   Barz, Dagmar ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651105276     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9026     Document Type: Article

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