The appropriateness of red blood cell use and the extent of overtransfusion: Right decision? Right amount?

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1684-1694

  Barr, Paul J ^a,b,c   Donnelly, Michael ^a,b,c   Cardwell, Chris R ^a,b,c   Parker, Michael ^a,b,c   Morris, Kieran ^a,b,c   Bailie, Karen E M ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service   (United Kingdom)

^c W of Scotland Blood Transfus Serv   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OVERTRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VOLUME; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051673176     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03130.x     Document Type: Article

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