Monitoring blood transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: An audit methodology

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-101

  Grayson, Antony D ^a   Jackson, M ^a   Desmond, M J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Red blood cell units; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 0042338588     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2003.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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