Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 431.e1-431.e9 , August 2011

Patient factors associated with transfusion practices in Veterans Affairs intensive care units: Implications for further research

  • Yew Y. Ding, MBBS, FRCP, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Yew Y. Ding is to be contacted for communications on the paper at Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433. Dan R. Berlowitz is to be contacted for reprints at VA Bedford Hospital, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital (152), Bedford, MA 01730, and Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118.
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  • Boris Kader, PhD
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  • Cindy L. Christiansen, PhD
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  • Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Yew Y. Ding is to be contacted for communications on the paper at Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433. Dan R. Berlowitz is to be contacted for reprints at VA Bedford Hospital, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital (152), Bedford, MA 01730, and Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118.

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☆ Sponsors: the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) of Singapore, Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, and the Department of Veterans Affairs played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

☆☆ Competing interests: the authors declare that they have no competing interests.

★ Authors' contributions: Y.Y.D. contributed to the study design, data analyses and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript. B.K. acquired and analyzed the data, contributed to its interpretation, and revised the manuscript. C.C. contributed to the study design, data analysis and interpretation, and revised the manuscript. D.B. conceived the study, contributed to study design and data interpretation, and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

PII: S0883-9441(10)00351-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.12.012

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 431.e1-431.e9 , August 2011

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