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Prophylactic plasma transfusion for patients without inherited bleeding disorders or anticoagulant use undergoing non‐cardiac surgery or invasive procedures

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In the absence of bleeding, plasma is commonly transfused to people prophylactically to prevent bleeding. In this context, it is transfused before operative or invasive procedures (such as liver biopsy or chest drainage tube insertion) in those considered at increased risk of bleeding, typically defined by abnormalities of laboratory tests of coagulation. As plasma contains procoagulant factors, plasma transfusion may reduce perioperative bleeding risk. T...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD012745.pub2

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
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University of Oxford
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MSD
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Botnar Research Centre
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ORCID:
0000-0003-4492-1760
Publisher:
Cochrane Collaboration Publisher's website
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Journal website
Issue:
11
Article number:
CD012745
Publication date:
2018-11-28
Acceptance date:
2019-11-28
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EISSN:
1469-493X
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1083978
Local pid:
pubs:1083978
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2020-06-08

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