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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;75(4):433-437.
doi: 10.1111/anae.14973. Epub 2020 Jan 8.

Restrictive blood transfusion - is less really more?

A Shah  1   2 , S J Stanworth  1   3 , A B Docherty  4   5
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Editorial

Restrictive blood transfusion - is less really more?

A Shah et al. Anaesthesia. 2020 Apr.
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Keywords: guidelines; myocardial infarction; peri-operative risk; transfusion mortality: causes.

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