Search Tag: coagulopathy

ICU Management

European-guidelines-management-of-bleeding-coagulopathy-following-trauma

2023 07 Mar

According to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, trauma accounted for 8% of total deaths annually. Among adolescents aged 10-24 years, road injuries, self-harm, and interpersonal violence are the top causes of disability-adjusted life-years, and road injuries are ranked first in the 25-49 year age group. Post-traumatic...Read more

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Pathophysiology-of-trauma-and-revised-european-trauma-guidelines

2019 26 Sep

The fifth edition of the European Trauma Treatment Guidelines that have already been cited 1650 times and downloaded from the original home page nearly 600,000 times.   The European trauma treatment guidelines have significantly changed the treatment modalities of trauma patients around the world. The guidelines have also been endorsed...Read more

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Coagulopathy-during-cardiac-surgery-the-role-of-factor-concentrates

2019 26 Sep

The EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery.   The EACTS/EACTA guidelines were published jointly by the Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Cardiac Surgery for patient blood management. In the bleeding patient with a low fibrinogen level (<1.5 g/L), fibrinogen substitution may be considered to reduce...Read more

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Implementation-of-a-revised-trauma-management-protocol

2018 16 Oct

Goal-directed therapy of coagulopathy is recommended for trauma patients. Can guidelines direct our strategy? When presented with bleeding trauma patients, our management strategy may be directed by guidelines, e.g. the European trauma guideline (Rossaint et al. 2016). This recommends treatment with fibrinogen concentrate or cryoprecipitate...Read more

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Management-of-bleeding-in-visceral-surgery-and-liver-transplantation

2018 01 Jun

The implementation of patient blood management programmes led to reduced blood product usage. However, haemorrhage secondary to major surgery remains a major cause of potentially preventable death. Considering the heterogeneity of procedures and technical approaches, it is not surprising that the bleeding risk stratification for visceral surgery...Read more