Red blood cell transfusion in pediatric patients with severe chronic anemia: How slow is necessary?

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 466-468

  Agrawal, Anurag K ^a   Hsu, Edmund ^a   Quirolo, Keith ^a   Neumayr, Lynne D ^a   Flori, Heidi R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855805086     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23238     Document Type: Article

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