Secondary data demonstrate safety of splenectomy in spherocytosis

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-754

  O'Brien, Sarah H ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECUBITUS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 67650472802     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22015     Document Type: Editorial

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