An audit of transfusion of red blood cell units in pediatric anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Keung, Charlotte Y ^a   Smith, Katherine R ^b   Savoia, Helen F ^a   Davidson, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood use; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD BANKS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL AUDIT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OPERATING ROOMS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 62449286003     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02939.x     Document Type: Article

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