Red blood cell transfusion thresholds in pediatric patients with sepsis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 512-518

  Karam, Oliver ^a   Tucci, Marisa ^a   Ducruet, Thierry ^a   Hume, Heather Anne ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Gauvin, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Critical illness; Erythrocyte transfusion; Infant; Intensive care unit; Mortality; multiple organ failure; Pediatric; Septic; Shock

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 80455129352     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe344b     Document Type: Article

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