Damage control - trauma care in the first hour and beyond: A clinical review of relevant developments in the field of trauma care

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Sharrock, A E ^a   Midwinter, M ^b  

^a Defence Postgraduate Medical Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Damage control resuscitation; Haemorrhage; Military; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT CARE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; INTESTINE; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REVIEW; SPLEEN; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS; ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT CARE; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTESTINES; LIVER; SPLEEN; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84876346008     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13511609958253     Document Type: Review

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