Effect of a restrictive transfusion strategy on transfusion-attributable severe acute complications and costs in the US ICUs: a model simulation

BACKGROUND: Nearly half of all patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) receive red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions (TFs), despite their associated complications. Restrictive transfusion strategy (Hemoglobin [Hb] < 7 g/dL) has been shown to reduce TF exposure. We estimated the potential annual re...

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Autores principales: Zilberberg, Marya D, Shorr, Andrew F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central|1 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2064919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-138

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2064919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-138

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