Fresh frozen plasma is ineffective for correcting minimally elevated international normalized ratios [1]

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1234-1235

  Holland, Lorne L ^a   Foster, Tisha M ^a   Marlar, Richard A ^a   Brooks, Jay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21644434986     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00184.x     Document Type: Letter

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