The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill - Current clinical practice in the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-52

  Corwin, Howard L ^a   Gettinger, Andrew ^a   Pearl, Ronald G ^b   Fink, Mitchell P ^c   Levy, Mitchell M ^d   Abraham, Edward ^f   MacIntyre, Neil R ^g   Shabot, M Michael ^h   Duh, Mei Sheng ⁱ   Shapiro, Marc J ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood transfusion; Transfusion practice; Transfusion risks

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9144245515     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000104112.34142.79     Document Type: Article

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