Editorial: Towards early individual goal-directed coagulation management in trauma patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-105

  Spahn, D R ^a   Ganter, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; DEXTRAN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GELATIN; HETASTARCH; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEINASE; THROMBIN; THROMBOMODULIN; COAGULATING AGENT;

ACIDEMIA; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; ANTICOAGULATION; ARMY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPE; FIBRIN FORMATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERFUSION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SHOCK; SURGEON; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; TRAUMA INDUCED COAGULOPATHY; VICTIM; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COAGULANTS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954849876     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq166     Document Type: Editorial

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