High ratios of plasma and platelets to packed red blood cells do not affect mortality in nonmassively transfused patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2 SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Sambasivan, Chitra N ^a   Kunio, Nicholas R ^a   Nair, Prakash V ^b   Zink, Karen A ^a   Michalek, Joel E ^b   Holcomb, John B ^c   Schreiber, Martin A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonmassive transfusion; Risks of transfusion; Transfusion ratios

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051751323     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318227edd3     Document Type: Review

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