Risks and benefits of transfusion for children with severe anemia in Africa

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brick, Thomas ^a   Peters, Mark J ^a,b  

^a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anemia; Children; Commentary; Infectious disease; Malaria; Physiology; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; HEMOGLOBIN A;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERVOLEMIA; NOTE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SHOCK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; MALE;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84899668218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-68     Document Type: Note

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