Clinical evidence of blood transfusion effectiveness

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-258

  Pape, Andreas ^a   Stein, Peter ^a   Horn, Oliver ^a   Habler, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; GELATIN; HETASTARCH; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ANEMIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 73449146024     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2008.0072-08     Document Type: Review

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