Management and prevention of anemia (acute bleeding excluded) in adult critical care patients
Abstract Objective Anemia is very common in critical care patients, on admission (affecting about two-thirds of patients), but also during and after their stay, due to repeated blood loss, the effects of inflammation on erythropoiesis, a decreased red blood cell life span, and haemodilution. Anemia...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-07-01
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Series: | Annals of Intensive Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-020-00711-6 |