Hemoglobin Level and Hospital Mortality among ICU Patients with Cardiac Disease Who Received Transfusions

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2510-2518

  Ding, Yew Y ^a,b   Kader, Boris ^c,d   Christiansen, Cindy L ^c,d   Berlowitz, Dan R ^c,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^c Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; heart failure; Key Words acute coronary syndrome; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; AGED; BLOOD; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84962221447     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.057     Document Type: Article

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