Duration of red cell storage before transfusion and in-hospital mortality

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Eikelboom, John W ^a   Cook, Richard J ^b   Liu, Yang ^a   Heddle, Nancy M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 77951551894     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.045     Document Type: Article

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