Routine neonatal coagulation testing increases use of fresh-frozen plasma

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1444-1445

  Catford, Katherine ^a   Muthukumar, Priya ^a   Reddy, Chinnappa ^a   Al Atrash, Hadeel ^b   Clarke, Paul ^b   Venkatesh, Vidheya ^a   Curley, Anna Elizabeth ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP;

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84900417533     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12610     Document Type: Letter

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