Indications and effects of plasma transfusions in critically ill children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1395-1402

  Karam, Oliver ^a,b   Demaret, Pierre ^c   Shefler, Alison ^d   Leteurtre, Stéphane ^b,e   Spinella, Philip C ^f   Stanworth, Simon J ^g   Tucci, Marisa ^h   BloodNet, ⁱ  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Chretien   (Belgium)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Blood coagulation tests; Blood transfusion; Child; Critical illness; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME;

EID: 84938504015     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0450OC     Document Type: Article

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