Disentangling anemia and transfusion

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-10

  Wallis, Jonathan P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78651378081     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02976.x     Document Type: Editorial

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