Change in Use of Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusions among Surgical Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-359

  Pham, Julius Cuong ^a   Catlett, Christina L ^a   Berenholtz, Sean M ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 49749092673     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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