A study of an educational intervention to decrease inappropriate preoperative autologous blood donation: Its effectiveness and the effect on subsequent transfusion rates in elective hysterectomy

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 801-807

  Kanter, Michael H ^a   Van Maanen, D ^a   Anders, K H ^a   Castro, F ^a   Win Mya, W ^a   Clark, K ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HYSTERECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033360880     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39080801.x     Document Type: Article

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