Widespread use of fresh frozen plasma in US Children's Hospitals despite limited evidence demonstrating a beneficial effect

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Puetz, John ^a   Witmer, Char ^b   Huang, Yuan Shung V ^b   Raffini, Leslie ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855664688     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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