Decreased total iron binding capacity upon intensive care unit admission predicts red blood cell transfusion in critically ill patients

• Taro Imaeda,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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• Taka-aki Nakada ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: taka.nakada@chiba-u.jp

  Affiliation Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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• Ryuzo Abe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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• Shigeto Oda

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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