Massive transfusion exceeding 150 units of packed red cells during the first 15 hours after injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 410-412

  Hakala, Pertti ^a,b   Lindahl, Jan ^a   Alberty, Anne ^a   Tanskanen, Päivi ^a   Nieminen, Heikki ^a   Porras, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031938877     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199802000-00036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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