In trauma, conventional ROTEM and TEG results are not interchangeable but are similar in clinical applicability

Military Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 117-126

  Rizoli, Sandro ^a   Min, Arimie ^a   Sanchez, Adic Perez ^b   Shek, Pang ^c   Grodecki, Richard ^c   Veigas, Precilla ^a   Peng, Henry T ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84979086873     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00166     Document Type: Article

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