Are vasovagal reaction rates in blood donors related to the duration of the phlebotomy?

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 568-569

  Newman, Bruce ^a   Siegfried, Barry ^a   Buchanan, Laura ^a  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; RED CROSS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCOPE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; SEX FACTORS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749149062     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01638.x     Document Type: Letter

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