Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU?

Journal of Intensive Care

Tiago Antonio Tonietto¹  Marina Verçoza Viana²  Marcio Manozzo Boniatti²  Thiago Costa Lisboa²  Gustavo Adolpho Moreira Faulhaber³ 

[1] Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição;Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre;Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul;

关键词: Red blood cell distribution width;    RDW;    Intensive care unit;    Mortality;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40560-019-0364-6

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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