Effects of a restrictive blood transfusion policy on outcomes in children with burn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Palmieri, Tina L ^a   Lee, Terry ^a   O'Mara, Michael S ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; COST; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846141186     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E31802C895E     Document Type: Article

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