Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU?
Abstract We have read the study about the association between high red blood cell distribution width and higher ward mortality after intensive care unit discharge. The study increases the evidence that RDW may be a marker of severity for patients discharged from the ICU. However, in this letter, we...
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| author | Tiago Antonio Tonietto Marcio Manozzo Boniatti Thiago Costa Lisboa Marina Verçoza Viana Gustavo Adolpho Moreira Faulhaber |
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| description | Abstract We have read the study about the association between high red blood cell distribution width and higher ward mortality after intensive care unit discharge. The study increases the evidence that RDW may be a marker of severity for patients discharged from the ICU. However, in this letter, we comment on issues that need further discussion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b14ccceef4b440928bd66ca4cc61e8662022-12-22T01:43:24ZengBMCJournal of Intensive Care2052-04922019-01-01711210.1186/s40560-019-0364-6Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU?Tiago Antonio Tonietto0Marcio Manozzo Boniatti1Thiago Costa Lisboa2Marina Verçoza Viana3Gustavo Adolpho Moreira Faulhaber4Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulAbstract We have read the study about the association between high red blood cell distribution width and higher ward mortality after intensive care unit discharge. The study increases the evidence that RDW may be a marker of severity for patients discharged from the ICU. However, in this letter, we comment on issues that need further discussion.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-019-0364-6Red blood cell distribution widthRDWIntensive care unitMortality |
| spellingShingle | Tiago Antonio Tonietto Marcio Manozzo Boniatti Thiago Costa Lisboa Marina Verçoza Viana Gustavo Adolpho Moreira Faulhaber Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? Journal of Intensive Care Red blood cell distribution width RDW Intensive care unit Mortality |
| title | Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? |
| title_full | Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? |
| title_fullStr | Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? |
| title_short | Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU? |
| title_sort | is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the icu |
| topic | Red blood cell distribution width RDW Intensive care unit Mortality |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-019-0364-6 |
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