The conundrum of persistent inappropriate use of frozen plasma

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tinmouth, Alan T ^a,b   McIntyre, Lauralyn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

BLEEDING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NOTE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 84862735822     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10215     Document Type: Note

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