Too much, too little, too soon, too late? Transfusion and long-term survival in children

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 796-798

  Slonim, Anthony D ^a,b   Luban, Naomi L C ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 42949085125     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01702.x     Document Type: Editorial

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