Should we reconsider triggers for red blood cell transfusion?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Hardy, J Fr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346101652     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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