Decreasing the critical value of hemoglobin required for physician notification reduces the rate of blood transfusions

Red blood cell transfusions have been cited as one of the most overused therapeutic interventions in the USA. Excessively aggressive transfusion practices may be driven by mandatory physician notification of critical hemoglobin values that do not generally require transfusion. We examined the effect...

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Autores principales: Larson, Eric A, Thompson, Paul A, Anderson, Zachary K, Anderson, Keith A, Lupu, Roxana A, Tigner, Vicki, Hoffman, Wendell W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27350757
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S96248

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