Review article: Risks of anemia and related management strategies: Can perioperative blood management improve patient safety?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-175

  Hare, Gregory M T ^a,b   Freedman, John ^a   David Mazer, C ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN STIMULATING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84878430322     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9861-y     Document Type: Review

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