An audit of the use of platelet transfusions at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 44-52

  Sonnekus, P H ^a   Louw, V J ^a   Ackermann, A M ^b   Barrett, C L ^a   Joubert, G ^a   Webb, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alignment; Audit; Compliance; Guidelines; Platelets; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHERESIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84928321127     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: 18781683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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