Indications for blood transfusions: Too complex to base on a single number?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-72

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84863652670     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-12-201206190-00431     Document Type: Editorial

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