Major trauma and the need for massive transfusion

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1299-1301

  Smith, A F ^a   Choi, S W ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

major trauma; massive transfusion; study design

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYSTALLOID; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDY DESIGN; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 85028660869     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14031     Document Type: Editorial

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