The status of massive transfusion protocols in United States trauma centers: Massive transfusion or massive confusion?

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1545-1551

  Schuster, Kevin M ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Lui, Felix Y ^a   Maerz, Linda L ^a   Kaplan, Lewis J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOL; OPERATING ROOM; RESIDENT; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 77954322332     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02587.x     Document Type: Article

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