Which is the most effective strategy: Early detection of coagulopathy with thromboelastometry or use of hemostatic factors or both?

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  David, Jean Stephane ^a   Marchal, Virginie ^a   Levrat, Albrice ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX;

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PLASMA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79958275367     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10224     Document Type: Letter

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