The haematological features and transfusion management of women who required massive transfusion for major obstetric haemorrhage in the UK: A population based study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 616-624

  Green, Laura ^a   Knight, Marian ^b   Seeney, Frances ^c   Hopkinson, Cathy ^c   Collins, Peter W ^d   Collis, Rachel E ^e   Simpson, Nigel A B ^f   Weeks, Andrew ^g   Stanworth, Simon J ^c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Massive transfusion; Obstetric haemorrhage; Outcomes; Transfusion management

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUID THERAPY; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84956923020     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13864     Document Type: Article

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