The good use of plasma. A critical analysis of five international guidelines

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Iorio, Alfonso ^a   Basileo, Michela ^b   Marchesini, Emanuela ^a   Materazzi, Mario ^c   Marchesi, Mauro ^b   Esposito, Antonella ^d   Palazzesi, Gian Paolo ^c   Pellegrini, Lucio ^e   Pasqua, Barbara Luciani ^b   Rocchetti, Lauretta ^b   Silvani, Carla Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ASL 3 dell'Umbria   (Italy)

^e ASL 1 dell'Umbria   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGREE; Fresh frozen plasma; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 47749140737     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2008.0041-07     Document Type: Article

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