UK-wide audit of red blood cell transfusion in hospices
Small observational studies have shown that transfusion can improve symptoms in people with advanced cancer. However, receiving unnecessary transfusions can cause harm (risk of transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) and often means the person cannot do anything else on the same day. It w...
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Wiley
2017
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