Red blood cell transfusion practice in patients presenting with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A survey of 815 UK clinicians

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1940-1948

  Jairath, Vipul ^a,b,c,d   Kahan, Brennan C ^a,b,c,d   Logan, Richard F A ^a,b,c,d   Travis, Simon P L ^a,b,c,d   Palmer, Kelvin R ^a,b,c,d   Murphy, Michael F ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052545176     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03119.x     Document Type: Article

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