Red blood cell transfusion practices in two surgical intensive care units: A mixed methods assessment of barriers to evidence-based practice

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2658-2667

  Murphy, David J ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Lehmann, Christoph U ^c   Gurses, Ayse P ^b   Whitman, Glenn J R ^b   Needham, Dale M ^d   Berenholtz, Sean M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; HEART SURGERY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BALTIMORE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908371267     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12718     Document Type: Article

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