Coagulopathy and massive blood transfusion in the trauma patient: Issues from the literature;Coagulopatia e trasfusione massiva in pazienti traumatizzati: Alcune domande che emergono dalla letteratura

Acta Anaesthesiologica Italica / Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Italy

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-43

  Cassetti, Moreno ^a,b   Cassetti, Francesca Romana ^a   Rinaldi, Luigi ^a   Ciammitti, Bruno ^a  

^a Department of Immunotrasfusional and Ematology ^*

^b S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Massive transfusion; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CORE TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEMODILUTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 47149115092     PISSN: 11248882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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