A word of caution on renal risks of prothrombin complex concentrate use in cardiac surgery

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital of Bolzano/Bozen, Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Lorenz-Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Bozen (BZ), Italy. christian.wiedermann@asbz.it.

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Christian J Wiedermann. Crit Care. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 17:20:63.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1254-0.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital of Bolzano/Bozen, Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Lorenz-Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Bozen (BZ), Italy. christian.wiedermann@asbz.it.

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Safety and efficacy of prothrombin complex concentrate as first-line treatment in bleeding after cardiac surgery.
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