An audit of platelet transfusion within the Wellington Cancer Centre

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Buhrkuhl, D C ^a   Karlsson, M K P ^a   Carter, J M ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Audit; Platelet; Prophylaxis; Thrombocytopenia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856301885     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02358.x     Document Type: Article

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