Prehospital administration of freeze-dried plasma, is it the solution for trauma casualties?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 675-682

  Shlaifer, Amir ^a,b,e   Siman Tov, Maya ^c   Radomislensky, Irina ^c   Peleg, Kobi ^c,d   Shina, Avi ^a   Baruch, Erez Nachum ^d,e   Glassberg, Elon ^f   Yitzhak, Avraham ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeze dried plasma; hemorrhagic shock; prehospital

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHIVERING; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PLASMA; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020293545     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001569     Document Type: Article

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