Appropriateness of blood product transfusion in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) department of a tertiary hospital in West Africa

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Osei, E N ^a   Odoi, A T ^a   Owusu Ofori, S ^a   Allain, J P ^b  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute haemorrhage; Blood use; Emergency transfusion; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84878736043     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12028     Document Type: Article

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