A standardized method for calculating blood loss

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1070-1074

  Brecher, M E ^a,b   Monk, T ^c   Goodnough, L T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER MODEL; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0030828101     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.371098016448.x     Document Type: Article

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