The least of 3 evils: Exposure to red blood cell transfusion, anemia, or both?
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Anemia and red blood cell transfusion
Introduction Red cell transfusion is an extremely common medical intervention. In the United States, more than 16 million red blood cell (RBC) units are transfused annually to 3.4 million patients.Worldwide, 85 million units of blood are collected per year. In Northern England, about 50% of units are given tomedical patients, and 40% to surgical patients; hip replacement and coronary artery byp...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.033