All the bang without the bucks: Defining essential point-of-care testing for traumatic coagulopathy

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-124

  Goodman, Michael D ^a   Makley, Amy T ^a   Hanseman, Dennis J ^a   Pritts, Timothy A ^a   Robinson, Bryce R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coagulopathy; INR; massive transfusion; TEG

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPH; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84935111820     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000691     Document Type: Article

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