Blood transfusion policy among European pediatric intensive care physicians

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-43

  Nahum, Elhanan ^a   Ben Ari, Josef ^b   Schonfeld, Tommy ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Hemoglobin; Pediatric intensive care; Red blood cells; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 2342427726     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066603257966     Document Type: Article

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