Blood conservation: Why bother?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages S1-S5

  Spiess, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a VCUHS   (United States)

^b VCURES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 4444363051     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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