Red cell distribution width is a predictor of mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 989-990

  Balta, Sevket ^a   Demirkol, Sait ^a   Hatipoglu, Mustafa ^b   Ardic, Sukru ^a   Arslan, Zekeriya ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; D DIMER; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; PROCALCITONIN; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THYROID DISEASE;

ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84879122628     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.02.031     Document Type: Letter

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