Coagulopathy after burn and smoke inhalation injury: The evidence is there, let's take advantage of it!

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1121-1122

  Rehberg, Sebastian ^a,b   Enkhbaatar, Perenlei ^a   Cox, Robert A ^c   Traber, Daniel L ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT THROMBOMODULIN; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AERATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG BURN; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY COAGULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PNEUMONIA;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BURNS, INHALATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84862741610     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318246dc21     Document Type: Letter

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