Utilization of frozen plasma in Ontario: A provincewide audit reveals a high rate of inappropriate transfusions

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2222-2229

  Tinmouth, Alan ^a   Thompson, Troy ^b   Arnold, Donald M ^b   Callum, Jeannie L ^b   Gagliardi, Kate ^b   Lauzon, Deborah ^b   Owens, Wendy ^b   Pinkerton, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CODING; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ONTARIO; PLASMA;

EID: 84885858994     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12231     Document Type: Article

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