Methodologic quality assessment of red blood cell transfusion guidelines and the evidence base of more restrictive transfusion thresholds

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 472-480

  Van Remoortel, Hans ^a   De Buck, Emmy ^a   Dieltjens, Tessa ^a   Pauwels, Nele S ^a   Compernolle, Veerle ^a,b   Vandekerckhove, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a Rode Kruis Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDY DESIGN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84958848187     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13385     Document Type: Article

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