Massive transfusion of reconstituted whole blood is well tolerated in pediatric burn surgery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 526-528

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b   Desai, Manubhai H ^a   Herndon, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032829428     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199909000-00016     Document Type: Article

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