Blood transfusion practices at a level one trauma centre: A one-year retrospective review

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 736-740

  Arulselvi, S ^a   Rangarajan, K ^a   Sunita, S ^a   Misra, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Audit; Blood components; Blood transfusion; Level I trauma centre

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ALLERGY; APHERESIS; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEGLOVING INJURY; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRACTURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; WORKLOAD;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649468182     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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