The usefulness of preoperative screening for bleeding disorders

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-250

  Sandoval, Claudio ^a,b   Garcia, Claudia ^a   Visintainer, Paul ^a   Ozkaynak, M Fevzi ^a   Jayabose, Somasundaram ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT PROTEIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 0037394480     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200308     Document Type: Article

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