The effect of age and clinical circumstances on the outcome of red blood cell transfusion in critically ill patients

• Main Authors: Dejam, A, Malley, B.E, Feng, M, Cismondi, F, Park, S, Samani, S, Samani, Z.A, Pinto, D.S, Celi, L.A
• Other Authors: SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: hemoglobin; adult; age; aged; Article; cancer patient; cardiac patient; comorbidity; controlled study; coronary care unit; critically ill patient; erythrocyte transfusion; female; heart surgery; hematocrit; human; intensive care; intensive care unit; major clinical study; male; mortality; oxygen consumption; patient monitoring; propensity score; retrospective study; sensitivity analysis; sepsis; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score; surgical patient; survival; treatment outcome; anemia; hospital mortality; regression analysis; risk factor; Age Factors; Aged; Anemia; Critical Care; Erythrocyte Transfusion; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Propensity Score; Regression Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/180138
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s13054-014-0487-z