Impact of more restrictive blood transfusion strategies on clinical outcomes: A meta-analysis and systematic review

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Salpeter, Shelley R ^a   Buckley, Jacob S ^b   Chatterjee, Saurav ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Meta analysis; Mortality; Systematic review; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONTROL STRATEGY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REBLEEDING; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL OUTCOMES; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFUSION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892980199     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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