What is the evidence for platelet transfusion in perioperative settings?

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 704-712

  Levy, J H ^a   Rossaint, R ^b   Zacharowski, K ^c   Spahn, D R ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

haemostasis; platelet transfusion; transfusion surgery

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLEEDING TIME; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER GRAFT; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOSTASIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 85032978508     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12576     Document Type: Review

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