The Clinical Effects of Red Blood Cell Transfusions: An Overview of the Randomized Controlled Trials Evidence Base

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wilkinson, Kirstin L ^a   Brunskill, Susan J ^a   Dorée, Carolyn ^b   Hopewell, Sally ^c   Stanworth, Simon ^d   Murphy, Mike F ^a   Hyde, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79952695748     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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