Journal article
National comparative audit of red blood cell transfusion practice in hospices: Recommendations for palliative care practice
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Background
Red blood cell transfusions are commonly used in palliative care to treat anaemia or symptoms caused by anaemia. In patients with advanced disease, there is little evidence of benefit to guide treatment decisions in the face of increased risk of harms.
Aim
To determine national transfusion practice in hospices and compare this against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and British Society of Haematology guidelines to develop recommendatio...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
NHS Blood and Transplant
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Palliative Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 102-108
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-28
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1477-030X
- ISSN:
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0269-2163
- Source identifiers:
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921488
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- Local pid:
- pubs:921488
- Deposit date:
- 2018-09-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Neoh et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © The Author(s) 2018. Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from SAGE Publications at: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0269216318801755
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