Red blood cell transfusion: 2016 clinical practice guidelines from AABB

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2627-2630

  Tobian, Aaron A R ^a   Heddle, Nancy M ^b   Wiegmann, Theresa L ^c   Carson, Jeffrey L ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AABB   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD BANK; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD BANKS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991688495     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13735     Document Type: Note

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