Revisiting of preoperative blood ordering policy - A single institute's experience in Taiwan

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Lin, Jeong Shi ^a   Chen, Ying Ju ^a,b   Tzeng, Cheng Hwai ^a,b   Lyou, Jau Yi ^a,b   Lee, Chen Hsen ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood ordering policy; Pretransfusion test; Surgery; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BLOOD DONOR; CALCULATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EAR SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; NOSE SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VASECTOMY; VEIN SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845913545     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70319-3     Document Type: Article

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