Calculating the required transfusion volume in children

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-216

  Davies, Patrick ^a   Robertson, Simon ^a   Hegde, Shilpa ^a   Greenwood, Rosemary ^a   Massey, Edwin ^a   Davis, Peter ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33846415464     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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