Red blood cell transfusion in septic shock - clinical characteristics and outcome of unselected patients in a prospective, multicentre cohort

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rosland, Ragnhild G ^a   Hagen, Marte U ^a   Haase, Nicolai ^a   Holst, Lars B ^b   Plambech, Morten ^c   Madsen, Kristian R ^d   Søe Jensen, Peter ^b   Poulsen, Lone M ^e   Bestle, Morten ^f   Perner, Anders ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Intensive care; Mortality; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEMIA; APACHE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894685002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-14     Document Type: Article

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