Life, death, and the risk of transfusion: A university hospital experience

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1491-1493

  Hay, Shauna N ^a   Scanga, Lori ^a   Brecher, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 1021 East Wing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33748305587     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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