Acute myocardial infarction in the hospital and delay in blood transfusion Infarto agudo do miocárdio e sua relação com o retardo transfusional

Peer reviews of hospital transfusion practices rarely screen for under-transfusion, one definition of which is a delay in transfusion that complicates significant myocardial ischemia. A one-year, retrospective review studied the timing of red cell transfusions among medical and surgical patients wit...

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Main Authors: Celina R. Bastos, Gerald A. Hoeltge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842005000300007