Elucidating the clinical characteristics of patients captured using different definitions of massive transfusion

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-70

  Zatta, A J ^a   Mcquilten, Z K ^a   Mitra, B ^a,b   Roxby, D J ^c   Sinha, R ^c,d   Whitehead, S ^b   Dunkley, S ^e   Kelleher, S ^e   Hurn, C ^f   Cameron, P A ^a   Isbister, J P ^g   Wood, E M ^a   Phillips, L E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical bleeding; Massive transfusion; Massive transfusion definitions; Massive Transfusion Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENTILATED PATIENT; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84902331540     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12121     Document Type: Article

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