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Effect of acute alcohol intoxication on mortality, coagulation, and fibrinolysis in trauma patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Wang Il-Jae, Bae Byung-Kwan, Cho Young Mo, Cho Suck Ju, Yeom Seok-Ran, Lee Sang-Bong, Chun Mose, Kim Hyerim, Kim Hyung-Hoi, Lee Sun Min, Huh Up, Moon Soo Young
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The effect of alcohol on the outcome and fibrinolysis phenotype in trauma patients remains unclear. Hence, we performed this study to determine whether alcohol is a risk factor for mortality and fibrinolysis shutdown in trauma patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 686 patients who presented to our trauma center and underwent rotational thromboelastometry were included in the study. The primary...
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