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Does point of care prothrombin time measurement reduce the transfusion of fresh frozen plasma in patients undergoing major surgery? The POC-OP randomized-controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Bleeding is a frequent complication during surgery. The intraoperative administration of blood products, including packed red blood cells, platelets and fresh frozen plasma (FFP), is often live saving. Complications of blood transfusions contribute considerably to perioperative costs and...

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Autores principales: Urwyler, Natalie, Trelle, Sven, Theiler, Lorenz, Jüni, Peter, Staub, Lukas P, Luyet, Cedric, Alberio, Lorenzo, Stricker, Kay, Greif, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19930626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-10-107