Safety of off-label erythropoiesis stimulating agents in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1896-1908

  Mesgarpour, Bita ^a   Heidinger, Benedikt H ^a   Schwameis, Michael ^a   Kienbacher, Calvin ^a   Walsh, Cathal ^b   Schmitz, Susanne ^b   Herkner, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Drug safety; Epoetin alfa; Erythropoiesis stimulating agents; Meta analysis; Off label use

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ABSCESS; ANEMIA; BAYES THEOREM; BLEEDING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STENT THROMBOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANEMIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; OFF-LABEL USE;

EID: 84885422340     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3030-9     Document Type: Review

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