Transfusion of older blood and risk of death: Unanswered questions

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1595-1596

  Cheuk, Daniel Ka Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLDER BLOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 84863810301     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03577.x     Document Type: Letter

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