Blood transfusion practice in critically ill patients: A single institutional experience

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 560-565

  Al Faris, Lama ^a   Al Fares, Abdul Rahman ^b   Abdul Malek, Kefaya ^b   Omran, Alaa ^a   Al Humood, Salah ^c  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anemia; Critically ill patients; Red cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KUWAIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867573596     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338887     Document Type: Article

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