Antifibrinolytic agents in traumatic haemorrhage: A large-scale randomised controlled trial is needed

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0201-0202

  Coats, Tim ^a   Hunt, Beverly ^b   Roberts, Ian ^c   Shakur, Haleema ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ARTICLE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 18244396567     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020064     Document Type: Short Survey

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