The Age of Blood Evaluation (ABLE) randomized controlled trial: Study design

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-205

  Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Hébert, Paul ^b   Fergusson, Dean ^c   Tinmouth, Alan ^c   Blajchman, Morris A ^d   Callum, Jeannie ^e   Cook, Deborah ^f   Marshall, John C ^g   McIntyre, Lauralyn ^b   Turgeon, Alexis F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FRANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958788914     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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