title: eComment. Routine preoperative platelet function assessment in paediatric surgery: is it safer?
authors.affiliation: Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McElnay
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma; D015539:Platelet Activation; D010979:Platelet Function Tests; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*