Evaluation of clinical practice in perioperative patient blood management

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 610-616

  Baron, D M ^a   Metnitz, P G H ^b   Fellinger, T ^a   Metnitz, B ^c   Rhodes, A ^d   Kozek Langenecker, S A ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Austrian Centre for Documentation and Quality Assurance in Intensive Care   (Austria)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Evangelical Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

coagulation; patient blood management; perioperative period; surgery; transfusion

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD PH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; INTENSIVIST; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMOSTASIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOSTASIS; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84994667713     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew308     Document Type: Article

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