Severity of illness influences the microcirculatory response to red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: an observational cohort study

Crit Care. 2020 Aug 12;24(1):498. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03202-z.

Lisa van Manen^{1

2}, Jessica M Deurvorst³, Maike E van Hezel^{3

4}, Margit Boshuizen^{3

4}, Robin van Bruggen⁴, Nicole P Juffermans^{3

5}

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.vanmanen@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin research and Landsteiner Laboratory, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.vanmanen@amsterdamumc.nl.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin research and Landsteiner Laboratory, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: Anemia; Microcirculation; Red blood cell transfusion; SOFA score.

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