Association of hemoglobin concentration and mortality in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sekhon, Mypinder S ^a   McLean, Nielson ^a   Henderson, William R ^a   Chittock, Dean R ^a   Griesdale, Donald E G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INJURY SCALE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864795220     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11431     Document Type: Article

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