Coagulation management of bleeding trauma patients is changing in German trauma centers: An analysis from the trauma registry of the German Society for Trauma Surgery

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 936-942

  Wafaisade, Arasch ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Maegele, Marc ^a   Lendemans, Sven ^b   Flohé, Sascha ^c   Hussmann, Björn ^b   Defosse, Jerome M ^a   Probst, Christian ^a   Paffrath, Thomas ^a   Bouillon, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fresh frozen plasma; Hemorrhage; Multiple trauma; Platelets; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRAUMATOLOGY; EXSANGUINATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862728018     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823dca70     Document Type: Article

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