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Individual clotting factor contributions to mortality following trauma.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery - 1 Feb 2017
Kunitake Ryan C, Howard Benjamin M, Kornblith Lucy Z, Christie Sabrinah A, Conroy Amanda S, Cohen Mitchell J, Callcut Rachael A
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BACKGROUND: Acute traumatic coagulopathy affects 20% to 30% of trauma patients, but the extensive collinearity of the coagulation cascade complicates attempts to clarify global clotting factor dysfunction. This study aimed to characterize phenotypes of clotting factor dysfunction and their contributions to mortality after major trauma. METHODS: This prospective cohort study examines all adult trauma patients of...
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