Impact of transfusion on patients with sepsis admitted in intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Dupuis, Claire ^a,b   Sonneville, Romain ^b   Adrie, Christophe ^c   Gros, Antoine ^d   Darmon, Michael ^e   Bouadma, Lila ^a,b   Timsit, Jean François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE;

EID: 85008185891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0226-5     Document Type: Review

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