Title: Too much, too little, too soon, too late? Transfusion and long-term survival in children.
Authors: Slonim, Anthony D.; Luban, Naomi L.C.
Abstract: The article discusses blood transfusion vis-a-vis mortality in children. Child mortality has sometimes been attached to transfusion. The impact of blood transfusion on child patients has been a topic of interest for health economists, insurers and transfusion medicine specialists. A report on the impacts of blood transfusion published within the issue is also discussed.
Subjects: BLOOD transfusion; CHILD mortality; BLOOD banks; CHILDREN'S health; HOSPITAL transfusion committees; BLOOD groups
Publication: Transfusion, 2008, Vol 48, Issue 5, p796
ISSN: 0041-1132
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01702.x

Too much, too little, too soon, too late? Transfusion and long-term survival in children.

Slonim, Anthony D.; Luban, Naomi L.C.