Quality control for intravascular intrauterine transfusion using cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis for the monitoring of individual performance

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Lindenburg, Irene T M ^a   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Klumper, Frans J C M ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank P H A ^a   Van Kamp, Inge L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cumulative sum analysis; Fetal therapy; Intrauterine transfusion; Learning curve; Quality control; Red cell alloimmunization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE SUM ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INTRAVASCULAR INTRAUTERINE TRANSFUSION; LEARNING CURVE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959316878     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322919     Document Type: Article

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