Guidelines on transfusion for fetuses, neonates and older children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 784-828

  New, Helen V ^a,b   Berryman, Jennifer ^c   Bolton Maggs, Paula H B ^a   Cantwell, Carol ^b   Chalmers, Elizabeth A ^d   Davies, Tony ^a   Gottstein, Ruth ^e   Kelleher, Andrea ^f   Kumar, Sailesh ^g   Morley, Sarah L ^a   Stanworth, Simon J ^h  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

fetus; infant; neonate; paediatric; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL COMPONENT; CELL SALVAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRECIPITATE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DELAYED CORD CLAMPING; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FULMINATING PURPURA; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INHERITED BLEEDING DISORDER; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LIVER DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION ACTIVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84996917502     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14233     Document Type: Article

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