Haemostatic testing prior to elective surgery in children? Not always!

Hamostaseologie

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-67

  Bidlingmaier, Christoph ^a   Eberl, W ^b   Knofler R ^c   Olivieri, M ^a   Kurnik, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hospital Braunschweig   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation tests

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 59649087701     PISSN: 07209355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616942     Document Type: Review

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