Anemia and blood transfusion and outcome on the intensive care unit.docVIP

Müller and Ju?ermans Critical Care 2010, 14:438 /content/14/4/438 LET TER Anemia and blood transfusion and outcome on the intensive care unit Marcella CA Müller* and Nicole P Ju? ermans See related research by Sakr et al., /content/14/3/R92 e observation of Sakr and colleagues that transfusion Given the increased risk of nosocomial infection, may be bene? cial in certain subgroups of intensive care multiple organ failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome, an explanation of a bene? cial e? ect from unit (ICU) patients [1] is interesting, since