Triggers and appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions in the postpartum patient-a retrospective audit

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-69

  So Osman, C ^a   Cicilia, J ^b   Brand, A ^a   Schipperus, M ^c   Berning, B ^c   Scherjon, S ^b  

^a Sanquin Bloodbank South West Region ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Fluxus postpartum; Obstetrics; Postpartum haemorrhage; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE ATONY;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 73649109921     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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