Transfusion in critically ill children: An ongoing dilemma

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-691

  Secher, E L ^a   Stensballe, J ^b,c   Afshari, A ^a,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c Section for Transfusion Medicine   (Denmark)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRANIOPLASTY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; LIVER GRAFT; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANOXIA; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; IRON OVERLOAD; MEDICAL ERRORS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878873605     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12131     Document Type: Review

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