Balancing risk and benefit: Maintenance of a thawed group A plasma inventory for trauma patients requiring massive transfusion

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1425-1431

  Mehr, Chelsea R ^a   Gupta, Rajan ^b   Von Recklinghausen, Friedrich M ^a,b   Szczepiorkowski, Zbigniew M ^b   Dunbar, Nancy M ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Massive transfusion protocols; Plasma in trauma resuscitation; Rural trauma center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASMA; PLASMA THAWING; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; THAWING; TIME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880095144     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828b813e     Document Type: Article

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