Does prolonged red cell storage affect outcomes in the critically ill?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 798-800

  Lacroix, Jacques ^a,b   Hébert, Paul C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOKINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDIATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VENTILATOR;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 84860190688     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201201-0156ED     Document Type: Editorial

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