Whole blood for the acutely haemorrhaging civilian trauma patient: a novel idea or rediscovery?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 406-414

  Bahr, M P ^a   Yazer, M H ^a,b   Triulzi, D J ^a,b   Collins, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

civilian; haemolysis; resuscitation; titer; trauma; whole blood

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARMY; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; TRANSFUSION REACTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84978427502     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12329     Document Type: Review

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