Supplementary fibrinogen in the management of bleeding: re-evaluation of data from clinical trials

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: ogrottke@ukaachen.de.
² Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, AUVA Research Centre, Vienna, Austria; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, AUVA Trauma Centre, Salzburg, Austria.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Thrombosis & Haemostasis Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.11.092. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: ogrottke@ukaachen.de.
² Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, AUVA Research Centre, Vienna, Austria; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, AUVA Trauma Centre, Salzburg, Austria.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Thrombosis & Haemostasis Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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