Red blood cell transfusion in critically ill children is independently associated with increased mortality

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[2] Chaibou M(2004)Blood transfusion policy among European Pediatric Intensive Care Physicians J Intensive Care Med 19 38-43

[3] Leteurte S(2005)Determinants of red blood cell transfusions in a pediatric critical care unit: a prospective, descriptive epidemiological study Crit Care Med 33 2637-2644

[4] Toledano B(2003)Pediatric red blood cell transfusions increase resource use J Pediatr 142 123-127

[5] Hume H(2005)What hemoglobin value should one use in transfusing a critically ill child? Crit Care Med 33 2710-2711

[6] Nahum E(2004)The CRIT Study: anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill: current clinical practice in the United States Crit Care Med 32 39-52

[7] Ben Ari J(1999)A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group N Engl J Med 340 409-417

[8] Schonfeld T(2003)Allogeneic blood transfusion increases the risk of postoperative bacterial infection: a meta-analysis J Trauma 54 908-914

[9] Armano R(2006)Persistent effect of red cell transfusion on health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery Ann Thorac Surg 82 13-20

[10] Gauvin F(2006)Transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with reduced long-term survival Ann Thorac Surg 81 1650-1657

[1] Gauvin F(2000)Transfusion de concentré globulaire en réanimation pédiatrique Réanim Urgences 9 339-344

[2] Chaibou M(2004)Blood transfusion policy among European Pediatric Intensive Care Physicians J Intensive Care Med 19 38-43

[3] Leteurte S(2005)Determinants of red blood cell transfusions in a pediatric critical care unit: a prospective, descriptive epidemiological study Crit Care Med 33 2637-2644

[4] Toledano B(2003)Pediatric red blood cell transfusions increase resource use J Pediatr 142 123-127

[5] Hume H(2005)What hemoglobin value should one use in transfusing a critically ill child? Crit Care Med 33 2710-2711

[6] Nahum E(2004)The CRIT Study: anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill: current clinical practice in the United States Crit Care Med 32 39-52

[7] Ben Ari J(1999)A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group N Engl J Med 340 409-417

[8] Schonfeld T(2003)Allogeneic blood transfusion increases the risk of postoperative bacterial infection: a meta-analysis J Trauma 54 908-914

[9] Armano R(2006)Persistent effect of red cell transfusion on health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery Ann Thorac Surg 82 13-20

[10] Gauvin F(2006)Transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with reduced long-term survival Ann Thorac Surg 81 1650-1657