Anemia in the patient undergoing surgery and the transfusion decision: A review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 357, Issue , 1998, Pages 19-29

  Spence, Richard K ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032442764     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199812000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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