Red blood cell transfusion decision making in critically ill children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 286-291

  Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Tucci, Marisa ^a   Pont Thibodeau, Geneviève Du ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical care; erythrocyte; hemoglobin; pediatrics; transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CHILD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYANOSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYANOSIS; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 84960125739     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000221     Document Type: Review

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