Association of red blood cell transfusion and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Yi ^a   Lu, Caihong ^a   Wei, Shiqing ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Long, Lu ^a   Yin, Ping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

APACHE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; TRENDS;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84927709363     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-014-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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