Trauma patients at risk for massive transfusion: The role of scoring systems and the impact of early identification on patient outcomes

Expert Review of Hematology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-218

  Burman, Sundeep ^a   Cotton, Bryan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Center for Translational Injury Research   (United States)

Author keywords

coagulopathy; damage control resuscitation; hemorrhagic shock; massive transfusion; trauma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALKALOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMUR FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LETHALITY; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TIME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864101071     PISSN: 17474086     EISSN: 17474094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ehm.11.85     Document Type: Review

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