Changes in transfusion practice in multiple injury between 1993 and 2006: A retrospective analysis on 5389 patients from the german trauma registry

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Maegele, Marc ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Paffrath, Thomas ^a   Simanski, Christian ^a   Wutzler, Sebastian ^a,b   Bouillon, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcome; Transfusion practice

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650370555     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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