Adjusted transfusion triggers improve transfusion practice in orthopaedic surgery

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Eindhoven, G B ^a   Diercks, R L ^a   Richardson, F J ^a   Van Raaij, J J A M ^b   Hagenaars, J A M ^a   Van Horn, J R ^a   De Wolf, J Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Guidelines; Orthopaedic surgery; Transfusion triggers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 14544304103     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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