An audit of red cell and blood product use after the institution of thromboelastometry in a cardiac intensive care unit

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Anderson, L ^a   Quasim, I ^a   Soutar, R ^a   Steven, M ^a   Macfie, A ^a   Korte, W ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Coagulopathy; Post operative haemorrhage; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOELASTOMETRY; TRANSFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644928315     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2006.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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