Transfusion - Whence and why

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-9

  Freedman, John ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood conservation; Blood transfusion; History; Paradigm shift; Patient blood management

Indexed keywords

ACID CITRATE DEXTROSE; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; CITRATE SODIUM; FIBRIN GLUE; GLUE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; IRON; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; THROMBIN;

BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFUSION; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; HISTORY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84897021965     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: 18781683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2013.12.003     Document Type: Review

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