Blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: who should get transfused?

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e510-e511

  Ferraris, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS;

EID: 84983218979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00221-5     Document Type: Note

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