Experience with a massive transfusion protocol in the management of massive haemorrhage

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-113

  Sinha, R ^a   Roxby, D ^b   Bersten, A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Massive transfusion; Massive transfusion protocol; Mortality

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875611212     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12022     Document Type: Article

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