Blood transfusion and cardiac surgery [2]

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-358

  Shehata, Nadine ^a   Mazer, C David ^a   Thorpe, Kevin E ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251474891     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.14     Document Type: Letter

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