Red blood cell transfusion practices amongst Canadian anesthesiologists: A survey

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-352

  Turegeon, Alexis F ^a   Fergusson, Dean A ^a   Doucette, Steve ^a   Khanna, Madhu Priya ^b   Tinmouth, Alan ^a,b   Aziz, Ashique ^a   Hébert, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33646377647     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022497     Document Type: Article

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