Platelet transfusions in clinical practice at a multidisciplinary hospital in North India

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-35

  Verma, Anupam ^a   Pandey, Prashant ^a   Khetan, Dheeraj ^a   Chaudhary, Rajendra ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Platelet transfusion practice; Thrombocytopenia; Transfusion trigger

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 47349113929     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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