Pediatric blood transfusion practices at a regional referral hospital in Kenya

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2732-2738

  Nabwera, Helen M ^a,b   Fegan, Greg ^a,c,d   Shavadia, Jay ^e   Denje, Douglas ^f   Mandaliya, Kishor ^f,g   Bates, Imelda ^b   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,h   Hassall, Oliver W ^a,b,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^g Regional Blood Transfusion Centre   (Kenya)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME TO TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANEMIA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84994365928     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13774     Document Type: Article

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