Prehospital use of plasma in traumatic hemorrhage (The PUPTH Trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Reynolds, Penny S ^a   Michael, Mary Jane ^a   Cochran, Emily D ^a   Wegelin, Jacob A ^b   Spiess, Bruce D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; coagulopathy; inflammatory markers; INR; massive hemorrhage; prehospital; shock; thawed plasma; TRALI; transfusion; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; EMERGENCY CARE; FEVER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPIDOMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TRAUMATIC HEMORRHAGE; URTICARIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; GOVERNMENT; INJURY SCALE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84937864968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0844-5     Document Type: Article

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