Trends in blood-product transfusion among inpatients in the United States from 2002 to 2011: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 800-801

  Pathak, Ranjan ^a   Bhatt, Vijaya Raj ^b   Karmacharya, Paras ^a   Aryal, Madan Raj ^a   Alweis, Richard ^a  

^a Reading Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEOPLASM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; TRENDS;

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE;

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914110993     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2248     Document Type: Letter

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