Burns
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 558-561 , August 2005

Results of a protocol of transfusion threshold and surgical technique on transfusion requirements in burn patients

  • Michael S. O’Mara

      Affiliations

    • Shriner's Hospital for Children of Northern California, Department of Burn Surgery, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • The University of California Davis Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Sacramento, CA, USA
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  • Fernando Hayetian

      Affiliations

    • The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Surgery, Burn Trauma Unit, Temple University School of Medicine Clinical Campus, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
    • ,
  • Harvey Slater

      Affiliations

    • The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Surgery, Burn Trauma Unit, Temple University School of Medicine Clinical Campus, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
    • ,
  • I. William Goldfarb

      Affiliations

    • The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Surgery, Burn Trauma Unit, Temple University School of Medicine Clinical Campus, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
    • ,
  • Eric Tolchin

      Affiliations

    • The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Surgery, Burn Trauma Unit, Temple University School of Medicine Clinical Campus, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
    • ,
  • Philip F. Caushaj

      Affiliations

    • The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Surgery, Burn Trauma Unit, Temple University School of Medicine Clinical Campus, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 578 4024 (O); fax: +1 412 578 1434.

,Accepted 6 January 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00035-5

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.01.006

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 558-561 , August 2005

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