Inaccurate doses of Rh immune globulin after Rh-incompatible fetomaternal hemorrhage survey of laboratory practice

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-469

  Ramsey, Glenn ^a,b,c  

^a Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS TECHNICAL MANUAL METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS METHOD; DOSE CALCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RH INCOMPATIBLE FETOMATERNAL HEMORRHAGE; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD; CURRICULUM; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 62249218945     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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