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SUBMITTER: Rayes HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224152 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 20190918 5
<h4>Background</h4>Anemia and elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) or mean corpuscular volume (MCV) are associated with an adverse prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease and critical illness. Limited data exist regarding these associations in unselected cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective cohort study of CICU patients between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2015, with a hemoglobin (Hb) level measured at admission. Multivariable regression ...[more]