The school of hard knocks: What we've learned and relearned about transfusion in a decade of global conflict

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 135-137

  Cap, Andrew P ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; RIBOFLAVIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACCIDENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; APHERESIS; ARMY; BATTLE INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLLOID; COMMUNITY; CONFLICT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; CRYSTALLOID; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPERIENCE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FREEZING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJURY; MASS DISASTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PLANNING; PLASMA; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RISK; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VASCULARIZATION; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAR; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84901485415     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12127     Document Type: Editorial

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