Prediction of transfusion requirements in surgical patients: A review

Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-19

  Inghilleri, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GAETANO PINI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Preoperative evaluation; Risk score; Transfusion predictors; Transfusion requirement prediction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77952536695     PISSN: 12959022     EISSN: 1778428X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1778-428X.2009.01118.x     Document Type: Review

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