Red blood cell transfusion strategies and Maximum surgical blood ordering schedule
Blood transfusion is one of the practices that is in vogue because it expands blood volume and purportedly improves the oxygen carrying capacity. Despite this supposed physiological benefit, paradoxically, both anaemia and transfusion are independently associated with organ injury and increased morb...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2014;volume=58;issue=5;spage=581;epage=589;aulast=Iyer |