Should we universally adopt a restrictive approach to blood transfusion? It's all about the number

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-104

  Carson, Jeffrey L ^a   Hebert, Paul C ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE TRANSFUSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS;

EID: 84893008157     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.10.026     Document Type: Editorial

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