Age of transfused blood in critically ill adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1410-1418

  Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Hébert, Paul C ^a   Fergusson, Dean A ^b   Tinmouth, Alan ^b   Cook, Deborah J ^c   Marshall, John C ^d   Clayton, Lucy ^a   McIntyre, Lauralyn ^b   Callum, Jeannie ^d   Turgeon, Alexis F ^e   Blajchman, Morris A ^c   Walsh, Timothy S ^f   Stanworth, Simon J ^g   Campbell, Helen ^g   Capellier, Gilles ^h   Tiberghien, Pierre ^h,i   Bardiaux, Laurent ⁱ   De Watering, Leo Van ^j   Van Der Meer, Nardo J ^k,l   Sabri, Elham ^b   Vo, Dong ^b   more..

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

ⁱ ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^j CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^k AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^l TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927168718     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1500704     Document Type: Article

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