Blood transfusion in elderly patients with chronic anemia: a qualitative analysis of the general practitioners’ attitudes
Abstract Background Blood transfusion in chronic anemia is not covered by guidelines specific to older adults. When they consider that this treatment is necessary in elderly patients, French general practitioners (GPs) contact a hospital specialist to plan a transfusion. Methods Twenty French GPs we...
Main Authors: | Sylvain Le Calvé, Dominique Somme, Joaquim Prud’homm, Aline Corvol |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2017-07-01
|
Series: | BMC Family Practice |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-017-0647-8 |
Similar Items
-
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: transfusion challenges and solutions
by: Barros MM, et al.
Published: (2017-03-01) -
Preoperative anemia and transfusion in cardiac surgery: a single-centre retrospective study
by: Quynh Nguyen, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
High rate of inappropriate blood transfusions in the management of children with severe anemia in Ugandan hospitals
by: Robert O. Opoka, et al.
Published: (2018-07-01) -
Ascariasis, trichuriasis and fatal non-transfusion
by: Larry Nichols, et al.
Published: (2021-08-01) -
A Study of Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Patients at a Teaching Hospital, Aden, Yemen
by: Al-Saqladi AWM, et al.
Published: (2021-02-01)