Early Coagulopathy Predicts Mortality in Trauma

MacLeod, Jana; Lynn, Mauricio; McKenney, Mark; M. Cohn, Stephen; Murtha, Mary

doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000075338.21177.ef

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Early Coagulopathy Predicts Mortality in Trauma

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • Jul 1, 2003

Authors:

Jana MacLeod

Mauricio Lynn

Mark McKenney

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coagulopathy and hemorrhage are known contributors to trauma mortality; however, the actual relationship of prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) to mortality is unknown. Our objective was to measure the predictive value of the initial coagulopathy profile for traum...

Subject

Medicine

Coagulopathy

Confidence interval

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