Red blood cell transfusion thresholds: Can we go even lower?

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2593-2594

  Carson, Jeffrey L ^a   Patel, Manish S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOODLESS CARE; DEATH; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STANDARDS; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; TRENDS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84908364820     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12812     Document Type: Editorial

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