A case-controlled multicenter study of vasovagal reactions in blood donors: Influence of sex, age, donation status, weight, blood pressure, and pulse

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-320

  Trouern Trend, Jonathan J ^a   Cable, Ritchard G ^c   Badon, Stanley J ^c   Newman, Bruce H ^a   Popovsky, Mark A ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX; SYNCOPE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0032966652     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39399219291.x     Document Type: Article

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