The prevalence and outcomes of thrombocytopenia in a neonatal intensive care unit: A three-year report

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 710-720

  Bolat, Fatih ^a   Kiliç, Suar Çaki ^a   Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan ^a   Gülhan, Elif ^a   Kaya, Ali ^a   Güven, Ahmet Sami ^a   Aygüneş, Utku ^a   Içagasioglu, Dilara ^a   Gültekin, Asim ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; Mortality; Neonatal intensive care unit; Prevalence; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84867921124     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.725454     Document Type: Article

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