title: Should critically ill patients be routinely transfused to a normal haemoglobin level?
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. dg.markhorst@vumc.nl
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Markhorst
authors.forename: M C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kneyber
mesh_terms: D000140:Acidosis, Lactic / Q000150:complications; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000150:complications; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins