Descriptive study of perioperative transfusion practices in Spanish hospitals

Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Basora Macaya, Misericordia ^a   Colomina, María J ^b   Moral, Victoria ^c   Llau, Juan V ^d   Vila, Miguel ^e   Durán, Lourdes ^f   Silva, Sonsoles ^g   Sánchez, Calixto A ^h  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL DE ELDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifibrinolytic agents; Autologous transfusion; Blood transfusion; Erythropoietin; Perioperative blood loss; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 65249131815     PISSN: 12959022     EISSN: 1778428X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1778-428X.2008.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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