Blood transfusions

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2397-2398

  Weil, Max Harry ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusions; Hemoglobin; Immunocompetence; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042140581     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000084847.90332.96     Document Type: Article

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