Do liberal blood transfusions cause more harm than good?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Goodnough, Lawrence Tim ^a   Murphy, Michael F ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FORECASTING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84925545800     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6897     Document Type: Article

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