Blood transfusions in septic shock: Is 7.0g/dL really the appropriate threshold?

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-43

  Mazza, Bruno Franco ^a   Freitas, Flavio Geraldo Rezende ^a   Barros, Melca Maria Oliveira ^a   Azevedo, Luciano Cesar Pontes ^a   Machado, Flavia Ribeiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte transfusion; Ischemia; Oxygenation; Sepsis; Shock, septic

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84928232731     PISSN: 0103507X     EISSN: 19824335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0103-507X.20150007     Document Type: Article

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