Blood transfusion in critical illness

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-9

  McCrossan, L ^a   Masterson, G ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036139844     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.1.6     Document Type: Editorial

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