Blood transfusion strategy and clinical outcomes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-8

  Frank, Steven M ^a   Ejaz, Aslam ^b   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84939451714     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001276     Document Type: Editorial

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