The impact of introducing an autologous intraoperative transfusion device to a community hospital

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 424-429

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Whitehead, Steven M ^a  

^a St Leonards on Sea   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD BANK; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0141557635     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0030-1     Document Type: Article

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