Not only in trauma patients: Hospital-wide implementation of a massive transfusion protocol

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 162-168

  Baumann Kreuziger, L M ^a   Morton, C T ^a   Subramanian, A T ^b   Anderson, C P ^c   Dries, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Health Partners Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Massive transfusion; Non trauma; Survival; Trauma

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL; INJURY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84901493973     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12096     Document Type: Article

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