Transfusion practices in evolution, not revolution

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 488-489

  Bateman, Scot T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Packed red blood cell; Transfusion threshold

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; STANDARDS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84902175356     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000136     Document Type: Editorial

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