Transfusion of red blood cells in patients with a prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less and no evidence of shock is associated with worse outcomes

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Elterman, Joel ^a   Brasel, Karen ^b   Brown, Siobhan ^c   Bulger, Eileen ^c   Christenson, Jim ^g   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^d   Kannas, Delores ^c   Lin, Steven ^h   Minei, Joseph P ^e   Rizoli, Sandro ⁱ   Tisherman, Samuel ^f   Schreiber, Martin A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Resuscitation; Transfusion; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880303395     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318298492e     Document Type: Review

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