A survey of physicians' reasons to transfuse plasma and platelets in the critically ill: A prospective single-centre cohort study

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Vlaar, A P J ^a   In Der Maur, A L ^a   Binnekade, J M ^a   Schultz, M J ^a   Juffermans, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Intensive care; Transfusion practice; Transfusion trigger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 69249168733     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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