Guidelines on the management of anaemia and red cell transfusion in adult critically ill patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-464

  Retter, Andrew ^a   Wyncoll, Duncan ^a   Pearse, Rupert ^b   Carson, Damien ^c   Mckechnie, Stuart ^d   Stanworth, Simon ^e   Allard, Shubha ^b   Thomas, Dafydd ^f   Walsh, Tim ^g  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^f MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood transfusion; Critical care

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEPSIS; SHOCK; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84873095356     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12143     Document Type: Article

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