Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusion in Australasian intensive care practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 548-551

  French, Craig J ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Finfer, Simon R ^c   Lipman, Jeffery ^d   Chapman, Marianne ^e   Boyce, Neil W ^f   Goldsmith, Donna ^b   Hawker, Felicity ^g   Mitchell, Imogen ^h   Whiting, Joy ^h   Bersten, Andrew ⁱ   Hunt, Tamara ⁱ   Richards, Brent ^j   Tallot, Mandy ^j   Freebairn, Ross ^k   Clarke, Jane ^l   Dewse, Margaret ^l   Joyce, Chris ^m   Limpus, Tony ^m   Sharley, Peter ^o   Creed, Stephanie ^o   Couchman, Bronwyn ⁿ   Perrott, Judith ⁿ   Turner, Andrew ⁿ   Robertson, Megan ^o   Boyce, Cathy ^o   Marich, Andrew ^m   Dobb, Geoff ^p   Williams, Teresa ^p   Pinder, Mary ^q   Roberts, Brigitte ^q   Myburgh, John ^r   Girling, Kathyrn ^r   Green, Anna ^a   Rachakonda, Sundaram ^s   Simmons, E G ^s   more..

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^g CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^j GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^l MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^m PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^r ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^s WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALOID RACE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037132054     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04950.x     Document Type: Article

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