Clotting Factor Deficiency in Early Trauma-Associated Coagulopathy
Clotting Factor Deficiency in Early Trauma-Associated Coagulopathy
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DOI:
10.1097/ta.0b013e318232e5ab
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发表时间:
2011-11-01
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通讯作者:
Tien, Homer C.
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作者:
Rizoli, Sandro B.;Scarpelini, Sandro;Tien, Homer C.
Background: Coagulopathic bleeding is a leading cause of in-hospital death after injury. A recently proposed transfusion strategy calls for early and aggressive frozen plasma transfusion to bleeding trauma patients, thus addressing trauma-associated coagulopathy (TAC) by transfusing clotting factors (CFs). This strategy may dramatically improve survival of bleeding trauma patients. However, other studies suggest that early TAC occurs by protein C activation and is independent of CF deficiency. This study investigated whether CF deficiency is associated with early TAC.Methods: This is a prospective observational cohort study of severely traumatized patients (Injury Severity Score >= 16) admitted shortly after injury, receiving minimal fluids and no prehospital blood. Blood was assayed for CF levels, thromboelastography, and routine coagulation tests. Critical CF deficiency was defined as