Pre-trauma center red blood cell transfusion is associated with improved early outcomes in air medical trauma patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 797-808

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Sperry, Jason L ^a   Fombona, Anisleidy ^a   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMORRHAGE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84928423759     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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