Title

Defining effective therapies in transfusion medicine and hemostasis: new opportunities with the TMH Network.

Authors

Konkle, Barbara A.; Nemo, George J.

Abstract

Discusses effective therapies in transfusion medicine and hemostasis. Focus on whether a prolonged prothrombin time or elevated international normalized ratio predicts bleeding during invasive diagnostic procedures; Discussion on the effectiveness of treatment with fresh-frozen plasma in preventing bleeding in patients with abnormal coagulation tests undergoing an elective procedure; Information on the establishment of a Clinical Trials Network in Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis.

Subjects

BLOOD transfusion; HEMOSTASIS; THERAPEUTICS; PROTHROMBIN; BLOOD plasma; PATIENTS

Publication

Transfusion, 2005, Vol 45, Issue 9, p1404

ISSN

0041-1132

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00590.x