Jehovah's witnesses may not have identical outcomes with nontransfused non-witnesses after cardiac surgery

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-249

  Angouras, Dimitrios C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874063607     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1626     Document Type: Note

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