CAGS and ACS evidence based reviews in surgery. 50. Is early transfusion of plasma and platelets in higher ratios associated with decreased in-hospital mortality in bleeding patients?

Collaborators

CAGS/ACS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group:
N N Baxter, K J Brasel, C J Brown, P K Chaudhury, C M Divino, E Dixon, G W N Fitzgerald, S M Hameed, H J Henteleff, T G Hughes, L S Kao, A W Kirkpatrick, S Latosinsky, T M Mastracci, R S McLeod, A M Morris, T M Pawlik, L K Temple, M E McKenzie

Comment

Andrew W Kirkpatrick et al. Can J Surg. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;57(5):358-60.

doi: 10.1503/cjs.010314.

CAGS/ACS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group:
N N Baxter, K J Brasel, C J Brown, P K Chaudhury, C M Divino, E Dixon, G W N Fitzgerald, S M Hameed, H J Henteleff, T G Hughes, L S Kao, A W Kirkpatrick, S Latosinsky, T M Mastracci, R S McLeod, A M Morris, T M Pawlik, L K Temple, M E McKenzie

No abstract available

Comment on

The prospective, observational, multicenter, major trauma transfusion (PROMMTT) study: comparative effectiveness of a time-varying treatment with competing risks.
Holcomb JB, del Junco DJ, Fox EE, Wade CE, Cohen MJ, Schreiber MA, Alarcon LH, Bai Y, Brasel KJ, Bulger EM, Cotton BA, Matijevic N, Muskat P, Myers JG, Phelan HA, White CE, Zhang J, Rahbar MH; PROMMTT Study Group. Holcomb JB, et al. JAMA Surg. 2013 Feb;148(2):127-36. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.387. JAMA Surg. 2013. PMID: 23560283 Free PMC article.

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