The second Austrian benchmark study for blood use in elective surgery: Results and practice change

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2646-2657

  Gombotz, Hans ^a   Rehak, Peter H ^b   Shander, Aryeh ^c,d   Hofmann, Axel ^e,f,g  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUSTRIA; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908389488     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12687     Document Type: Article

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