A fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to red blood cell (RBC) transfusion ratio above 1 is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality in patients with severe blunt trauma. A ceiling effect may be observed ...

In light of these concepts, current massive transfusion protocols incorporate hemostasis-directed resuscitation, or the pre-emptive administration of blood coagulation products along with packed red ...

A study from investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a blood transfusion practice previously studied only in patients with severe traumatic injuries has been widely adopted ...

Platelet transfusion thresholds in according bleeding risk and the presence of bleeding. WHO = World Health Organization. “In practice, we see all too often [that] prophylactic transfusion of ...

Aims: To describe the transfusion requirements in children following major trauma. Methods: We retrospectively analysed the local paediatric trauma database of all children following trauma call ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham The use of whole blood rather than component blood products has been driven by military experience in battlefield medicine. Hospital is among the first medical ...

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