RePHILL: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of pre-hospital blood product resuscitation for trauma

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 346-356

  Smith, I M ^a   Crombie, N ^a,b,c,d   Bishop, J R ^a   McLaughlin, A ^a   Naumann, D N ^a   Herbert, M ^e   Hancox, J M ^a,d   Slinn, G ^a   Ives, N ^a   Grant, M ^a   Perkins, G D ^b,c,f   Doughty, H ^g   Midwinter, M J ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; emergency medical services; haemorrhage; randomised controlled trial; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CRYSTALLOID SOLUTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85054633485     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12486     Document Type: Article

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