The majority of patients in septic shock are transfused with fresh-frozen plasma

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Reiter, Nanna ^a   Wesche, Nikolaj ^b   Perner, Anders ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; COMPLICATION; HEMORRHAGE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84877312937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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