Statistical clues to postoperative blood loss: Moving averages applied to medical data

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Hay, Karen L ^a   Bull, Brian S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Hemostasis; Statistical and numerical data; Surgical; Trends

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 71749095101     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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