Red cell transfusion to cardiac patients: Facts and fallacies

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-108

  Toledano, Baruch ^a   Tucci, Marisa ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

child; congenital heart disease; critical care; erythrocyte; intensive care; pediatric; transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751656403     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e289eb     Document Type: Editorial

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