Estimation of blood loss is inaccurate and unreliable

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 946-953

  Rothermel, Luke D ^a   Lipman, Jeremy M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NONHUMAN; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; SURGEON; ANIMAL; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; OPERATING ROOM; PIG; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION TRAINING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURGEONS; SWINE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994702033     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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