Patient Blood Management in Italy

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-2

  Guerra, Ranieri ^a   Velati, Claudio ^b,c   Liumbruno, Giancarlo M ^d   Grazzini, Giuliano ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^b Department of the Metropolitan Area of Bologna ^*  (Italy)

^c Emilia Romagna Regional Blood Centre   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMATOLOGY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; JOINT SURGERY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD BANK; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84958691242     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2015.0171-15     Document Type: Editorial

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