Liberal versus restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy in sepsis or septic shock: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Hirano, Yohei ^a   Miyoshi, Yukari ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Mortality; Sepsis; Septic shock; Threshold; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIBERAL RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTRICTIVE RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85069787949     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2543-1     Document Type: Article

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