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Anemia and 90-day mortality in COPD patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

BACKGROUND: There are data to suggest that anemia is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In contrast, critically ill patients with low hemoglobin levels (4.3–5.5 mmol/L, 7.0–9.0 g/dL) in general do not appear to have a worsened clinical...

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Autores principales: Rasmussen, Lone, Christensen, Steffen, Lenler-Petersen, Poul, Johnsen, Søren P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21326654
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S12885