Red blood cell transfusions are associated with lower mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: A propensity-matched analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3140-3145

  Park, Dae Won ^a   Chun, Byung Chul ^b   Kwon, Soon Sun ^b   Yoon, Young Kyung ^c   Choi, Won Suk ^a   Sohn, Jang Wook ^c   Peck, Kyong Ran ^d   Kim, Yang Soo ^e   Choi, Young Hwa ^f   Choi, Jun Yong ^m   Kim, Sang Il ^h   Eom, Joong Sik ⁱ   Kim, Hyo Youl ^j   Cheong, Hee Jin ^g   Song, Young Goo ^g   Choi, Hee Jung ^k,l   Kim, June Myung ^g   Kim, Min Ja ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

ⁱ Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^j Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^l Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

blood transfusion; mortality; septic shock; severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION II SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BONE INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84870244789     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182657b75     Document Type: Article

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