Where does blood go? Prospective observational study of red cell transfusion in north England

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7368, 2002, Pages 803-804

  Wells, A W ^a   Mounter, P J ^a   Chapman, C E ^a   Stainsby, D ^a   Wallis, J P ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD BANKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037069039     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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