Perioperative blood transfusion: A plea for guidelines

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Sudhindran, S ^a,b  

^a DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Audit; Blood transfusion; Guideline; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0030822819     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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