Fresh frozen plasma and platelet transfusion for nonbleeding patients in the intensive care unit: Benefit or harm?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Dzik, Walter H ^b   Toy, Pearl ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical use; Fresh frozen plasma; Outcome study; Platelet; Pulmonary edema; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33646345601     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000214288.88308.26     Document Type: Article

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