Nucleated Red Blood Cells as Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Nucleated Red Blood Cells as Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.

The presence of nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) in the peripheral blood of critically ill patients is associated with a poorer prognosis, though data on cardiovascular critical care patients is lacking. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of NRBCs as a predictor of intensive care u...

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Main Authors: José Gildo de Moura Monteiro Júnior, Dilênia de Oliveira Cipriano Torres, Maria Cleide Freire Clementino da Silva, Tadzia Maria de Brito Ramos, Marilene Leite Alves, Wellington Jorge Nunes Filho, Edgar Paulo Damasceno, Antônio Fernandes Brunet, Márcio Sommer Bittencourt, Rodrigo Pinto Pedrosa, Dário Celestino Sobral Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4695082?pdf=render

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