Red blood cell transfusion in the resuscitation of septic patients with hematological malignancies

Abstract Background Indications for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in septic acute circulatory failure remain unclear. We addressed the practices and the prognostic impact of RBC transfusion in the early resuscitation of severe sepsis and septic shock in patients with hematological malignancies. M...

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Main Authors: Adrien Mirouse, Matthieu Resche-Rigon, Virginie Lemiale, Djamel Mokart, Achille Kouatchet, Julien Mayaux, François Vincent, Martine Nyunga, Fabrice Bruneel, Antoine Rabbat, Christine Lebert, Pierre Perez, Anne Renault, Anne-Pascale Meert, Dominique Benoit, Rebecca Hamidfar, Mercé Jourdain, Michaël Darmon, Elie Azoulay, Frédéric Pène, on behalf of the Groupe de Recherche sur la Réanimation Respiratoire en Onco-Hématologie (Grrr-OH)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-017-0292-3