Attitudes to blood transfusion post arthroplasty surgery in the United Kingdom: A national survey

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Young, Simon W ^a   Marsh, Daniel J ^a   Akhavani, Mohammed A ^a   Walker, Cameron G ^b   Skinner, John A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 42449094950     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-007-0330-0     Document Type: Article

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