Room for (Performance) improvement: Provider-related factors associated with poor outcomes in massive transfusion

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1004-1011

  Cotton, Bryan A ^a,b   Dossett, Lesly A ^c   Au, Brigham K ^c   Nunez, Timothy C ^c   Robertson, Amy M ^c   Young, Pampee P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exsanguination; Massive transfusion; Performance improvement; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649146237     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bcb2a8     Document Type: Article

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