Audit of perioperative blood transfusion

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-302

  Choy, Yin Choy ^a   Lim, W L ^b   Ng, S H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Audit of perioperative blood use; Blood transfusion; Group and screen

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RECOVERY ROOM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41149116234     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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