Profiles of blood and blood component transfusion recipients in Zimbabwe

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 600-609

  Mafirakureva, Nyashadzaishe ^a,b   Khoza, Star ^c   Hassall, Oliver ^d   Faragher, Brian E ^d   Kajja, Isaac ^e   Mvere, David A ^b   Emmanuel, Jean C ^b   Postma, Maarten J ^a,f   Van Hulst, Marinus ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b National Blood Service Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood usage; Diagnosis; International Classification of Diseases (ICD); Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VERY ELDERLY; ZIMBABWE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84949665184     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2015.0019-15     Document Type: Article

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