Uses and abuses of fresh frozen plasma for the treatment of bleeding

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-202

  Desborough, M J ^a   Stanworth, S J ^a   Curry, N S ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOPLASTIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD COMPONENT; COLLOID; COMORBIDITY; CRYSTALLOID; DETERIORATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; INJURY; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLEEDING; COAGULOPATHY; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84884510352     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-2-200     Document Type: Article

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