Safe surgery: How accurate are we at predicting intra-operative blood loss?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-105

  Solon, Jacqueline Gemma ^a   Egan, Ciara ^b   McNamara, Deborah A ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

accuracy; blood loss; prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHECKLIST; CONSULTANTS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84872948607     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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