Redefining massive transfusion when every second counts

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 396-402

  Savage, Stephanie A ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical administration threshold; Hemorrhagic shock; Massive transfusion; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84875275534     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a3639     Document Type: Article

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