Point of care coagulometry in prehospital emergency care: An observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beynon, Christopher ^a   Erk, Angelina G ^a   Potzy, Anna ^a   Mohr, Stefan ^a   Popp, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938770139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0139-6     Document Type: Article

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