Impact of policy change on Us Army combat transfusion practices

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Simmons, John W ^a   White, Christopher E ^a   Eastridge, Brian J ^a   MacE, James E ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Damage control resuscitation; Trauma; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRYSTALLOID; DATA BASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; NOTE; PLASMA; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954803075     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e44952     Document Type: Article

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