Massive transfusion in children and neonates

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-26

  Diab, Yaser A ^a   Wong, Edward C C ^b   Luban, Naomi L C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Coagulopathy; Haemorrhage; Massive transfusion; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMODILUTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MASSIVE BLEEDING; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE INJURY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84875051373     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12247     Document Type: Review

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