Objective To relate in-hospital mortality to early transfusion of plasma and/or platelets and to
time-varying plasma:red blood cell (RBC) and platelet:RBC ratios. Design Prospective …

Background After a person has been injured, prehospital administration of plasma in addition
to the initiation of standard resuscitation procedures in the prehospital environment may …

Damage control resuscitation has become a topic of increasing relevance and popularity
over the past several years. Hemorrhage accounts for 30% to 40% of trauma fatalities and is …

BACKGROUND Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) occurs after severe injury and shock
and is associated with increased bleeding, morbidity, and mortality. The effects of ATC and …

Importance Both military and civilian clinical practice guidelines include early plasma transfusion
to achieve a plasma to red cell ratio approaching 1:1 to 1:2. However, it was not known …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether prehospital blood products reduce
30-day mortality in patients at risk for hemorrhagic shock compared with crystalloid only …

BACKGROUND The trauma transfusion literature has yet to resolve which is more important
for hemorrhaging patients, transfusing plasma and platelets along with red blood cells (…

Background: Efforts to determine the suitability of low-grade pancreatic injuries for nonoperative
management have been hindered by the inaccuracy of older computed tomography (CT…

Background: An occult pneumothorax (OPTX) is found incidentally in 2% to 10% of all blunt
trauma patients. Indications for intervention remain controversial. We sought to determine …

METHODS We prospectively collected geriatric (age older than 65 years) EGS patients for 2
years. Postoperative complications were collected. Frailty index was calculated for 200 …