Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction (severe sepsis) results from a systemic proinflammatory
and procoagulant response to infection. Organ dysfunction in the patient with sepsis is …

Red blood cell physiology in critical illness : Critical Care Medicine Red blood cell physiology
in critical illness : Critical Care Medicine SCCM Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Critical Care …

ContextAnemia is a common problem in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units
(ICUs), but the consequences of anemia on morbidity and mortality in the critically ill is …

Background. Previous studies on patients with hip fractures and in patients with colorectal
cancer have documented that perioperative transfusion is associated with a significant …

Purpose The purpose of this article was to determine the prevalence of iron, vitamin B12,
and folate deficiency and to evaluate the erythropoietin (EPO) response to anemia in a …

Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in the critical... : Critical Care Medicine Efficacy of
recombinant human erythropoietin in the critically ill patient: A randomized, double-blind …

The US National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the US Department of Health and
Human Services, estimated in 1996 that 3.4 million Americans were living with anemia …

Worldwide, over 40% of children have iron deficiency anaemia, frequently associated with
infections. Certain cytokines are involved in both immune activation/response to infection …

Anemia is common in the critically ill. By intensive care unit (ICU) day 3,∼ 95% of patients
have hemoglobin concentrations below normal (1). Phlebotomy and gastrointestinal blood …

Purpose Severe immune dysregulation is common in patients admitted to the intensive care
unit (ICU) and is associated with adverse outcomes. Erythropoietin-stimulating agents …