Transfusion patterns in all patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and in those who die in hospital: A descriptive analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Shehata, Nadine ^a,b,c   Forster, Alan J ^d,e,f   Lawrence, Nadine ^d   Ducharme, Robin ^d,e   Fergusson, Dean A ^d,f,g   Chassé, Michaël ^d,g   Rothwell, Deanna M ^d   Hébert, Paul C ^h   Tinmouth, Alan T ^d,f   Wilson, Kumanan ^d,e,f  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE; UNIVERSITY; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84945979439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138427     Document Type: Article

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