Quality of paediatric blood transfusions in two district hospitals in Tanzania: A cross-sectional hospital based study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mosha, Dominic ^a   Poulsen, Anja ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^b,d   Kituma, Elimsaada ^a   Mtei, Frank ^b   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD;

ANEMIA; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; TANZANIA;

EID: 69849097382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-51     Document Type: Article

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