National audit of the use of fibrinogen concentrate to correct hypofibrinogenaemia

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 350-355

  Gollop, N D ^a   Chilcott, J ^a   Benton, A ^b   Rayment, R ^a   Jones, J ^c   Collins, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fibrinogen; Haemorrhage; Hypofibrinogenaemia

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN DEFECT; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENAEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFUSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFIBRINOGENEMIA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866563389     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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