Red blood cell transfusion practice in elective orthopedic surgery: A multicenter cohort study

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2117-2124

  Vuille Lessard, Élise ^a   Boudreault, Daniel ^a   Girard, François ^a   Ruel, Monique ^a   Chagnon, Miguel ^a   Hardy, Jean François ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649471448     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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