Blood transfusion indications in neurosurgical patients: A systematic review

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-89

  Bagwe, Shefali ^a   Chung, Lawrance K ^a   Lagman, Carlito ^a   Voth, Brittany L ^a   Barnette, Natalie E ^a   Elhajjmoussa, Lekaa ^a   Yang, Isaac ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cerebral neoplasm; Intracranial aneurysm; Neurosurgery; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85014701015     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.02.006     Document Type: Review

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