The specific hospital significantly affects red cell and component transfusion practice in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A study of five hospitals

Transfusion

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-134

  Surgenor, D M ^a   Churchill, W H ^b   Wallace, E L ^c   Rizzo, R J ^b   McGurk, S ^a   Goodnough, L T ^d,e   Kao, K J ^f   Koerner, T A W ^g   Olson, J D ^g   Woodson, R D ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Center for Management Systems   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 6844237645     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1998.38298193094.x     Document Type: Article

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