Transfusion thresholds in FOCUS

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2532-2533

  Barr, Paul J ^a   Bailie, Karen E M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84855361117     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1110087     Document Type: Editorial

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