Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 247-254 , October 2009

Editorial: “Formula-Driven” Versus “Lab-Driven” Massive Transfusion Protocols: At a State of Clinical Equipoise

  • Jeannie L. Callum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jeannie L. Callum, BA, MD, FRCPC, CTBS, Transfusion Medicine and Tissue Banks, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, B211, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5.
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  • Bartolomeu Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Homer Tien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Canadian Forces Health Services, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Sandro Rizoli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2009.06.007

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 247-254 , October 2009

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