Blood component transfusions in mass casualty events

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 648-659

  Ramsey, G ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blood components; massive transfusion; transfusion medicine (in general); transfusion trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISASTER MEDICINE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDLINE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS;

EID: 85029049171     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12564     Document Type: Article

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