Assessment of intraoperative blood transfusion practice during elective non-cardiac surgery in an Indian tertiary care hospital

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-589

  Niraj, G ^a   Puri, G D ^a   Arun, D ^a   Chakravarty, V ^a   Aveek, J ^a   Chari, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blood, transfusion; Transfusion, appropriate

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0141927885     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg207     Document Type: Article

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