The Future of Blood Management

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-465

  Waters, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allogeneic transfusion; Autotransfusion; Blood management; Cell salvage; Erythrocytes; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANEMIA; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DONOR SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77953328405     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.02.011     Document Type: Review

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