Red blood cell transfusion in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: A multidisciplinary North American survey

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kramer, Andreas H ^a   Diringer, Michael N ^b   Suarez, Jose I ^c   Naidech, Andrew M ^d   Macdonald, Loch R ^e   Le Roux, Peter D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651465646     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9977     Document Type: Article

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