The influence of a blood conserving device on anaemia in intensive care patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-657

  MacIsaac, C M ^a   Presneill, J J ^a   Boyce, C A ^a   Byron, K L ^a   Cade, J F ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaemia: critical illness, iatrogenic disease, phlebotomy, blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0346265996     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100607     Document Type: Article

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