Implementing patient blood management in major orthopaedic procedures: Orthodoxy or pragmatism?

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-149

  Munõz, Manuel ^a   Goḿez Ramírez, Susana ^b   Garćia Erce, José A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SAN JORGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84899504316     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2014.0050-14     Document Type: Editorial

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