Usefulness of thrombelastography in assessment of trauma patient coagulation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 716-722

  Kaufmann, Christoph R ^a,b   Dwyer, Kevin M ^a,b   Crews, John D ^a   Dols, Sheila J ^a   Trask, Arthur L ^a  

^a INOVA Fairfax   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Thrombelastography; Transfusion; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030987123     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199704000-00023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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