The practice of platelet transfusion in the intensive care unit

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Salman, Salam S ^a   Fernández Pérez, Evans R ^b,c   Stubbs, James R ^b   Gajic, Ognjen ^b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Platelets; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047253777     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066606297969     Document Type: Article

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