Interventions to prevent iatrogenic anemia: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review

Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Whitehead, Nedra S ^a   Williams, Laurina O ^b   Meleth, Sreelatha ^a   Kennedy, Sara M ^a   Ubaka Blackmoore, Nneka ^a   Geaghan, Sharon M ^c   Nichols, James H ^d   Carroll, Patrick ^e   McEvoy, Michael T ^f   Gayken, Julie ^g   Ernst, Dennis J ^h   Litwin, Christine ⁱ   Epner, Paul ^j   Taylor, Jennifer ^a   Graber, Mark L ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Julie Gayken Laboratory Consulting   (United States)

^h Center for Phlebotomy Education Inc   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j Paul Epner LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anemia; Blood conservation strategy; Clinical laboratory techniques; Iatrogenic diseases; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; FLUSHING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85070540662     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2511-9     Document Type: Article

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