Successful implementation of a packed red blood cell and fresh frozen plasma transfusion protocol in the surgical intensive care unit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Szpila, Benjamin E ^a   Ozrazgat Baslanti, Tezcan ^a   Zhang, Jianyi ^a   Lanz, Jennifer ^a   Davis, Ruth ^a   Rebel, Annette ^b   Vanzant, Erin ^a   Gentile, Lori F ^a   Cuenca, Alex G ^a   Ang, Darwin N ^c   Liu, Huazhi ^c   Lottenberg, Lawrence ^a   Marker, Peggy ^a   Zumberg, Marc ^a   Bihorac, Azra ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^a   Brakenridge, Scott ^a   Efron, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMATOCRIT; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMA; PROCEDURES;

CRITICAL CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84959296439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126895     Document Type: Article

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