... score), intensive care unit (ICU) mortality andlengths of stay in the ICU.Results: Twenty five per cent of the critically ill patients in the cohort studyreceived red cell transfusions. The overall ... ‡University of BritishColumbia, Vancouver, §University of Toronto,Ontario, #University of Calgary, Alberta, $ The Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Ottawa,Ontario and ¶Department of ... to the contrary. There is aneed for prospective studies to define optimal practice in the critically ill.Addresses: *The Critical Care Programs,University of Ottawa, Ontario, †University of Western...