Prediction of acute traumatic coagulopathy and massive transfusion - Is this the best we can do?

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1128-1129

  Brohi, Karim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE TRAUMATIC COAGULOPATHY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOMETRY;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79961120013     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.022     Document Type: Editorial

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