Massive transfusion in traumatic shock

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-838

  Elmer, Jonathan ^a,b   Wilcox, Susan R ^b   Raja, Ali S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coagulopathy; hemorrhage; massive transfusion; resuscitation; trauma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875741295     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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