Does plasma transfusion therapy have a role in clinical medicine?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2041-2042

  Goodnough, Lawrence Tim ^a,b  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma therapy; Transfusion medicine; Trauma resuscitation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTE;

ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA VOLUME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880926155     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828fd93b     Document Type: Editorial

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