Massive blood transfusions post trauma in the elderly compared to younger patients

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1296-1300

  Mitra, Biswadev ^a,b   Olaussen, Alexander ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   O'Donohoe, Tom ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood product transfusion; Elderly; Fresh frozen plasma; Resuscitation; Trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FIBRINOGEN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY SCALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905506073     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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