Red blood cell transfusions worsen the outcomes even in critically ill patients undergoing a restrictive transfusion strategy;Transfusões de concentrados de hemácias pioram os resultados mesmo em pacientes graves, submetidos a estratégia restritiva de transfusão

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-83

  da Silva Junior, João Manoel ^a   Rezende, Ederlon ^a   Amendola, Cristina Prada ^b   Tomita, Rafael ^a   Torres, Daniele ^a   Ferrari, Maria Tereza ^a   Toledo, Diogo Oliveira ^a   Oliveira, Amanda Maria Ribas Rosa ^a   Marques, Juliana Andreia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood transfusion; Hospital mortality; Intensive care; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84859468033     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802012000200002     Document Type: Article

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