作者
Yasser Sakr, Suzana Lobo, Stefanie Knuepfer, Elizabeth Esser, Michael Bauer, Utz Settmacher, Dagmar Barz, Konrad Reinhart
发表日期
2010/6
期刊
Critical care
卷号
14
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Introduction
Studies in intensive care unit (ICU) patients have suggested that anemia and blood transfusions can influence outcomes, but these effects have not been widely investigated specifically in surgical ICU patients.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed the prospectively collected data from all adult patients (>18 years old) admitted to a 50-bed surgical ICU between 1st March 2004 and 30th July 2006.
Results
Of the 5925 patients admitted during the study period, 1833 (30.9%) received a blood transfusion in the ICU. Hemoglobin concentrations were < 9 g/dl on at least one occasion in 57.6% of patients. Lower hemoglobin concentrations were associated with a higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, greater mortality rates, and longer ICU and hospital lengths …
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