Red blood cell transfusions in acute paediatrics

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Morley, Sarah L ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANEMIA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67749118174     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135731     Document Type: Review

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