Is undertransfusion a problem in modern clinical practice?

Transfusion

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 906-910

  Hibbs, Stephen ^a,b   Miles, David ^c   Staves, Julie ^c   Murphy, Michael F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNDERTRANSFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANEMIA; BLOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTIONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84926442675     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12893     Document Type: Review

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