The Transfusion Alternatives Preoperatively in Sickle Cell Disease (TAPS) study: A randomised, controlled, multicentre clinical trial

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9870, 2013, Pages 930-938

  Howard, Jo ^a   Malfroy, Moira ^b   Llewelyn, Charlotte ^b   Choo, Louise ^c   Hodge, Renate ^b   Johnson, Tony ^c   Purohit, Shilpi ^b   Rees, David C ^d   Tillyer, Louise ^e   Walker, Isabeau ^f,g   Fijnvandraat, Karin ^h   Kirby Allen, Melanie ⁱ   Spackman, Eldon ^j   Davies, Sally C ^k   Williamson, Lorna M ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^k Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 84874979935     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61726-7     Document Type: Article

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