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Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill patient: role of erythropoietin

Critically ill patients receive an extraordinarily large number of blood transfusions. Between 40% and 50% of all patients admitted to intensive care units receive at least 1 red blood cell (RBC) unit during their stay, and the average is close to 5 RBC units. RBC transfusion is not risk free. There...

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Autor principal: Corwin, Howard L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15196323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2411