Impact of a Conservative Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 813-817

  Lightdale, Jenifer R ^a,b   Randolph, Adrienne G ^a,b   Tran, Chau M ^a   Jiang, Hongyu ^a,b   Colon, Andrea ^a   Houlahan, Kathleen ^a,c   Billet, Amy ^a,b   Sloan, Steven ^a,b   Lehmann, Leslie E ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Marrow and stem cell transplantation; Pediatric; Red blood cells; Transfusion medicine; Transfusion strategies

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENGRAFTMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859819133     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.10.043     Document Type: Article

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