Frequency and outcomes of blood products transfusion across procedures and clinical conditions warranting inpatient care: An analysis of the 2004 healthcare cost and utilization project nationwide inpatient sample database

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-296

  Morton, John ^a   Anastassopoulos, Kathryn P ^b   Patel, Snehal T ^b   Lerner, Jason H ^b   Ryan, Kellie J ^b   Goss, Thomas F ^b   Dodd, Sheri L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Covance Market Access Services Inc   (United States)

^c ETHICON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; NIS; Outcomes; Retrospective; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954308505     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610366159     Document Type: Article

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