Why we must "TRANSFUSE"

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-68

  Aubron, Cecile ^a   Carteaux, Guillaume ^a   James Cooper, D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 79960572048     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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