Red blood cell transfusion strategies in critically ill patients: Lessons from recent randomized clinical studies

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1010-1016

  Lelubre, Christophe ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Taccone, Fabio S ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Critical illness; Erythrocytes; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OXYGEN SATURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84990913309     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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