A survey of the demographics of blood use

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Cobain, T J ^a,f   Vamvakas, E C ^b,c   Wells, A ^d   Titlestad, K ^e  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Epidemiology; Per 1000 population; Per episode; Plasma; Platelet dose; Platelets; Red cells; Sex; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APHERESIS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846920319     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2006.00709.x     Document Type: Review

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