Managing situations of acute blood loss with limited resources

Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Fenton, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Meyra   (France)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Cesarean section; Hemorrhagic shock; Low development index countries; Postpartum hemorrhage; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65249106644     PISSN: 12959022     EISSN: 1778428X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1778-428X.2007.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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