Epidemiology of Massive Transfusion: A Binational Study from Sweden and Denmark

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 468-477

  Halmin, Marit ^a   Chiesa, Flaminia ^a   Vasan, Senthil K ^a   Wikman, Agneta ^b   Norda, Rut ^c   Rostgaard, Klaus ^d   Vesterager Pedersen, Ole Birger ^e   Erikstrup, Christian ^f   Nielsen, Kaspar Rene ^g   Titlestad, Kjell ^h   Ullum, Henrik ⁱ   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^d   Edgren, Gustaf ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; incidence; massive hemorrhage; massive transfusion; survival; trauma

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84959441342     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001410     Document Type: Article

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