Anemia screening in elective surgery: Definition, significance and patients' interests [7]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 778-779

  Shander, Aryeh ^a   Javidroozi, Mazyar ^a   Goodnough, Lawrence T ^b  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; AMBULATORY SURGERY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STANDARD; TIME;

HEMOGLOBIN;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749060494     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000227132.99789.15     Document Type: Letter

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