Thrombocytopenia, Platelet Transfusion, and Outcome Following Liver Transplantation

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 351-360

  Chin, Jun Liong ^a   Hisamuddin, Syafiah Hanis ^a   O'Sullivan, Aoife ^a   Chan, Grace ^a   McCormick, P Aiden ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

liver transplantation; platelet transfusion; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GRAFT REJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84962349407     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: 19382723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029614559771     Document Type: Article

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