Variability in blood and blood component utilization as assessed by an anesthesia information management system

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Frank, Steven M ^a   Savage, Will J ^a   Rothschild, Jim A ^a   Rivers, Richard J ^a   Ness, Paul M ^a   Paul, Sharon L ^a   Ulatowski, John A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED ANESTHESIA RECORDKEEPING SYSTEM; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84862755878     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318255e550     Document Type: Article

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