Acute traumatic coagulopathy

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 638-645

  Cap, Andrew ^a   Hunt, Beverley ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute traumatic coagulopathy; Endothelial activation; Fibrinolysis; Hemostatic resuscitation; Hypoperfusion; Microparticles; Platelet dysfunction; Tranexamic acid; Viscoelastic coagulation monitoring

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE TRAUMATIC COAGULOPATHY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; VISCOELASTICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84927741102     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000158     Document Type: Review

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