Assessment of the urgency and deferability of transfusion to inform emergency blood planning and triage: The Bloodhound prospective audit of red blood cell use

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2296-2303

  Wood, Erica M ^a   Shortt, Jake ^b   Polizzotto, Mark N ^b   Waters, Neil ^b   Borosak, Marija ^b   Moran, Martine ^b   Comande, Mary ^b   Devine, Alexandra ^b   Jolley, Damien J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; TRIAGE;

EID: 70449087460     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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