Prehospital hemostatic resuscitation to achieve zero preventable deaths after traumatic injury

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 529-535

  Spinella, Philip C ^a,b   Cap, Andrew P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes; platelets; preventable deaths; transfusion; trauma; whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD STORAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES;

HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85030866978     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000386     Document Type: Review

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