Red blood cell transfusions-are we narrowing the evidence-practice gap? An observational study in 5 Israeli intensive care units

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106.e1-106.e6

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a,b   Kagan, Ilya ^a,b   Hershcovici, Remos ^c,d   Bursztein De Myttenaere, Sylvianne ^c,d   Makhoul, Nicola ^d,e   Samkohvalov, Alexander ^d,e   Hersch, Moshe ^f,g   Einav, Sharon ^f,g   Berezovsky, Vadim ^h,i   Jakobson, Daniel Jorge ^h,i   Singer, Pierre ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Carmel Lady Davis Medical Center   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^f SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anemia; Critically ill; Red blood cell transfusions

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79551558420     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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