Adherence to transfusion guidelines: Are we prepared for the smarter medicine or choosing wisely ® initiative?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Surial, Bernard ^a   Burkhart, Andreas ^a   Terliesner, Nicolas ^a   Morgenthaler, Martina ^a   Bachli, Esther ^a  

^a Spital Uster   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co morbidities; Haemoglobin; Red blood cells; Restrictive strategy; Switzerland; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY WARD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CENTER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920828638     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14084     Document Type: Article

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