Appropriateness of fresh-frozen plasma usage in hospital settings: A meta-analysis of the impact of organizational interventions

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Damiani, Gianfranco ^a,b   Pinnarelli, Luigi ^a,b   Sommella, Lorenzo ^a,b   Farelli, Valentina ^a,b   Mele, Luca ^a,b   Menichella, Giacomo ^a,b   Ricciardi, Walter ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLASMA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73649145148     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02371.x     Document Type: Article

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