Blood transfusion strategies in elderly patients

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2017, Pages e453-e454

  Murphy, Michael F ^a,b   Estcourt, Lise ^a,b   Goodnough, Lawrence Tim ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 85029158684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30173-4     Document Type: Note

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