Correction of subclinical coagulation disorders before percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy. A randomised controlled trial

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-220

  Veelo, Denise P ^a   Vlaar, Alexander P ^a   Dongelmans, Dave A ^a   Binnekade, Jan M ^a   Levi, Marcel ^a   Paulus, Frederique ^a   Berends, Fenny ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coagulation disorders; Percutaneous tracheostomy; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOTOMY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRACHEOTOMY;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84860531502     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2012.0086-11     Document Type: Article

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