Science commentary: Why is it important to reduce the need for blood transfusion, and how can it be done?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7349, 2002, Pages 1302-1303

  Berger, Abi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036606888     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1302     Document Type: Note

References (4)

1. The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) initiative
2. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care
3. Risk factors for surgical site infection after elective resection of the colon and rectum: A single-center prospective study of 2,809 consecutive patients
4. Closed suction surgical wound drainage after orthopaedic surgery