Effects of blood conservation on the incidence of anemia and transfusions in pediatric parapneumonic effusion: A hospitalist perspective

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 410-413

  Hassan, Nabil E ^a   Winters, John ^a   Winterhalter, Kim ^a   Reischman, Diann ^a   El Borai, Yasser ^a  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood conservation; Children with parapneumonic effusion; Empyema; Guidelines; Hospitalist; Para pneumonic effusion; Pediatric anemia; Pediatric hospitalization; Pediatric transfusion; Transfusion incidence

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956637701     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.700     Document Type: Article

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