Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 255-265 , October 2009

Controversy in Trauma Resuscitation: Do Ratios of Plasma to Red Blood Cells Matter?

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 The authors all contributed to the ideas, local data, writing, and editing of this article. They have no financial conflicts of interest with the subject matter.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2009.06.002

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 255-265 , October 2009

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