Patient blood transfusion management: Discharge hemoglobin level as a surrogate marker for red blood cell utilization appropriateness

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2445-2451

  Edwards, Jason ^a   Morrison, Chris ^a   Mohiuddin, Maleeha ^a   Tchatalbachev, Vladislav ^a   Patel, Charmi ^a   Schwickerath, Vicki L ^a   Menitove, Jay E ^a   Singh, Gurmukh ^a  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84869205517     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03591.x     Document Type: Article

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