Laboratory coagulation parameters in extremely premature infants born earlier than 27 gestational weeks upon admission to a neonatal intensive care unit

Neonatology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-227

  Neary, Elaine ^a   Okafor, Ike ^a   Al Awaysheh, Faten ^a   Kirkham, Colin ^a   Sheehan, Katie ^a   Mooney, Ciaran ^b   Foran, Adrienne ^a   Corcoran, J D ^a   Ni Ainle, Fionnuala ^a   Cotter, Melanie ^a   McCallion, Naomi ^a,b  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Developmental haemostasis; Neonate; Premature; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

FIBRINOGEN;

EID: 84885012859     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353366     Document Type: Article

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