Thresholds, triggers or requirements-time to look beyond the transfusion trials

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1152-1157

  Shander, Aryeh ^a,b   Kim, Tae Yop ^c   Goodnough, Lawrence Tim ^d  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TeamHealth Research Institute   (United States)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 85045250296     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.15     Document Type: Editorial

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