High transfusion ratios are not associated with increased complication rates in patients with severe extremity injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Van, Philbert Y ^a   Sambasivan, Chitra N ^a   Wade, Charles E ^b   Jones, John A ^b   Holcomb, John B ^b   Schreiber, Martin A ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat injuries; Damage control resuscitation; Extremity injury

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WAR; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; TOURNIQUET; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 77954772805     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e453ec     Document Type: Article

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