Blood utilisation in elective general surgery cases: Requirements, ordering and transfusion practices

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-17

  Vibhute, M ^a  

^a A/2 Vishwakutir ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blood order schedule; Blood transfusion; Cross match to transfusion ratio; Transfusion index; Transfusion probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0033644502     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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