Classifying transfusions related to the anemia of critical illness in burn patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Posluszny, Joseph A ^a,b   Conrad, Peggie ^a   Halerz, Marcia ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Burns; Critical illness; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR;

ANEMIA; BURNS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79960406163     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f2d9ed     Document Type: Article

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