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Overuse of coagulation parameter testing in critically ill patients

Authors: V Bibeau, F Lauzier, MN Cote, AF Turgeon

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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The international normalized ratio (INR) is one of the most commonly ordered laboratory tests in the ICU. Recently, it was raised that laboratory tests are widely overused in critically ill patients. We hypothesized that most INRs are inappropriately ordered and could lead to inadequate frozen plasma (FP) transfusion. …

Title: Overuse of coagulation parameter testing in critically ill patients
Authors: V Bibeau
F Lauzier
MN Cote
AF Turgeon
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9856

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