The prevalence and significance of low preoperative hemoglobin in ASA 1 or 2 outpatient surgery candidates

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1337-1340

  Olson, Ronald P ^a   Stone, Alan ^b   Lubarsky, David ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 27444446096     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000180836.02142.E6     Document Type: Article

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