Feasibility of using rotational thromboelastometry to assess coagulation status of combat casualties in a deployed setting

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Doran, Catherine M ^a   Woolley, Tom ^a   Midwinter, Mark J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Military; Thromboelastometry; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATIONAL THROMBOELASTOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954786401     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e4257b     Document Type: Article

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