Effect of pre-operative coagulation testing on intra-operative transfusion requirements in surgical patients

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 319-322

  Abbasi, Shemila ^a,b   Khan, Fauzia A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Haemostasis; Risk factors; Surgery, elective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21844448862     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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