High transfusion failure rates in Malawian children with severe anaemia following a standard blood transfusion regimen

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 783-785

  Esan, M O ^a,b,c   Phiri, K S ^a,d   Molyneux, E M ^d   Mukaka, M ^a   Cheema, B ^e   Boele van Hensbroek, M ^b,c  

^a MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Haemoglobin; Malaria; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANAEMIA; CHILDREN; HAEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA; TRANSFUSION;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80052260697     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08779.x     Document Type: Letter

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