Blood Utilization After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Large Hospital Network

HSS Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-128

  Chen, Antonia F ^a   Klatt, Brian A ^a   Yazer, Mark H ^a,b   Waters, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood management; blood utilization; intervention; red blood cell (RBC) transfusion; total joint arthroplasty; transfusion rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880512757     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-013-9327-y     Document Type: Article

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