Where are the systematic reviews in transfusion medicine? A study of the transfusion evidence base

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-294

  Dorée, Carolyn ^a,b,c,d   Stanworth, Simon ^a,b,c,d   Brunskill, Susan J ^a,b,c,d   Hopewell, Sally ^a,b,c,d   Hyde, Chris J ^a,b,c,d   Murphy, Mike F ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLICATIONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956857017     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2010.05.003     Document Type: Review

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