Changes in red-cell transfusion practice in a tertiary care hospital during the 1990s - A 7-year study

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Pinkerton, P H ^a,b,c   Tasev, T ^a   Coovadia, A S ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Changes; Hospital; Red cell; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD BANKS; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032170079     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1998.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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