A pilot feasibility trial of allocation of freshest available red blood cells versus standard care in critically ill patients

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1196-1202

  Aubron, Cecile ^a,b,c   Syres, Gillian ^a,b,c   Nichol, Alistair ^a,b,c   Bailey, Michael ^a,b,c   Board, Jasmin ^a,b,c   Magrin, Geoff ^a,b,c   Murray, Lynnette ^a,b,c   Presneill, Jeffrey ^a,b,c   Sutton, Joanne ^a,b,c   Vallance, Shirley ^a,b,c   Morrison, Siouxzy ^a,b,c   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a,b,c   Cooper, D Jamie ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84862265674     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03437.x     Document Type: Article

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