Forty newborns with severe shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation were randomized for treatment with heparin or placebo. Mortality was equal in both groups. The heparin group required significantly shorter periods of artificial ventilation. The coagulation system improved faster, and the c
Incidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation in the course of septicemia in newborn infants
β Scribed by Alebouyeh, M. ;Remien, A. ;Marget, W.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1971
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-2917
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