title: Getting there--working toward minimizing blood loss in scoliosis surgery.
abstract: Ryan KM, O'Brien K, Reqan I, O'Byrne JM, Moore D, Kelly PM, et al. The prevalence of abnormal preoperative coagulation tests in pediatric patients undergoing spinal surgery for scoliosis. Spine J 2015;15:1217-22 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr, Edwards Bldg, Rm 105, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: mnimrie@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Meghan N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Imrie
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion