Time course and etiology of death in patients with severe anemia

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1395-1399

  Tobian, Aaron A R ^a   Ness, Paul M ^b   Noveck, Helaine ^b   Carson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649908274     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02134.x     Document Type: Article

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