Association of Prehospital Blood Product Transfusion During Medical Evacuation of Combat Casualties in Afghanistan With Acute and 30-Day Survival

Shackelford, Stacy; J. del Junco, Deborah; Powell-Dunford, Nicole; L. Mazuchowski, Edward; T. Howard, Jeffrey; S. Kotwal, Russ; M. Gurney, Jennifer; K. Butler, Frank; R. Gross, Kirby; T. Stockinger, Zsolt

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.15097

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Association of Prehospital Blood Product Transfusion During Medical Evacuation of Combat Casualties in Afghanistan With Acute and 30-Day Survival

Published in JAMA • Oct 24, 2017

Authors:

Stacy Shackelford

Deborah J. del Junco

Nicole Powell-Dunford

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Prehospital blood product transfusion in trauma care remains controversial due to poor-quality evidence and cost. Sequential expansion of blood transfusion capability after 2012 to deployed military medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) units enabled a concurrent cohort study to focus on the timi...

Subject

Medicine

Blood product

Blood transfusion

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