Monitoring transfusion requirements in major obstetric haemorrhage: Out with the old and in with the new?

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-278

  Stocks, Gary ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR OBSTETRIC HAEMORRHAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT MONITORING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW;

EID: 80054774344     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: 15323374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2011.06.011     Document Type: Editorial

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