Drone transportation of blood products

Transfusion

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 582-588

  Amukele, Timothy ^a   Ness, Paul M ^a   Tobian, Aaron A R ^a   Boyd, Joan ^a   Street, Jeff ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; CENTRIFUGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FREEZE THAWING; HEMOLYSIS; PH; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; AIRCRAFT; BLOOD SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TIME FACTOR;

AIRCRAFT; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85005949457     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13900     Document Type: Article

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