Thrombelastography should be included in the algorithm for the management of postpartum hemorrhage

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-392

  Jámbor, Csilla ^a   Kozek Langenecker, Sybille A ^b   Frietsch, Thomas ^c   Knels, Ralf ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Institute Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; FIBRINOLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 53949100670     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155563     Document Type: Letter

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