When enough is enough: Impact of packed red blood cells in massive transfusion outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 810-814

  Long, Kira ^a   Heaney, Jiselle Bock ^a   Simms, Eric R ^a   McSwain, Norman E ^a   Duchesne, Juan C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882292173     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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