Blood transfusion as a quality indicator in cardiac surgery

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1610-1611

  Shander, Aryeh S ^a   Goodnough, Lawrence T ^b  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77957899989     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1483     Document Type: Note

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