Association of age and packed red blood cell transfusion to 1-year survival - An observational study of ICU patients

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Mudumbai, S C ^a,b,c   Cronkite, R ^b,c   Hu, K Unger ^b   Heidenreich, P A ^b,d,e   Gonzalez, C ^c,f   Bertaccini, E ^a,c   Stafford, R S ^d   Cason, B A ^g,h   Mariano, E R ^a,c   Wagner, T ^b,i  

^a Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Service   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Cardiology Service   (United States)

^f Pathology Service   (United States)

^g Anesthesiology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Palo Alto   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intensive care unit; Survival; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84880590122     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12010     Document Type: Article

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