Underreporting of minor transfusion reactions in cancer patients

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Narvios, Aida B ^a   Lichtiger, Benjamin ^a   Neumann, Joyce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CANCER; CHILL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMEDICATION; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; URTICARIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; NEOPLASM; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25144487211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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