Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 19, 2007

Authors

Jacques Lacroix1, Paul C Hébert, James S Hutchison, Heather A Hume, Marisa Tucci, Thierry Ducruet, France Gauvin, Jean-Paul Collet, Baruch J Toledano, Pierre Robillard, Ari Joffe, Dominique Biarent, Kathleen Meert, Mark J Peters, TRIPICU Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network

Author Affiliations

1: Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada. jacques_lacroix@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Peri-operative Assessment of Coagulopathy in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery | NCT02352662

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