'ICU vampirism' - Time for judicious blood draws in critically ill patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 302-303

  Ranasinghe, Tamra ^a   Freeman, William D ^b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood loss; Hospital; Intensive care; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANAEMIA; BLOOD LOSS; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE; PHLEBOTOMY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84891630076     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12613     Document Type: Letter

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