Transfusion triggers: How low can we go?

Vox Sanguinis, Supplement

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Carson, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Ferreira, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444219773     PISSN: 17416892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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