A Canadian survey of transfusion practices in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 482-487

  Hébert, Paul C ^a   Wells, George ^a   Martin, Claudio ^b   Tweeddale, Martin ^c   Marshall, John ^d   Blajchman, Morris ^e   Pagliarello, Giuseppe ^a   Schweitzer, Irwin ^a   Calder, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Intensive care; Red cells; Transfusions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031937056     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199803000-00019     Document Type: Article

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