Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-24

  Boutin, Amélie ^a,b   Chassé, Michaël ^a,b   Shemilt, Michèle ^a   Lauzier, François ^a,b   Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Zarychanski, Ryan ^c   Griesdale, Donald ^d   Desjardins, Philippe ^b   Lacroix, Jacques ^e   Fergusson, Dean ^f   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Red blood cell transfusion; Systematic review; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; INCIDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952864333     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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