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Editorial
. 2019 Jul 1;23(1):238.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2524-4.

Pre-hospital plasma transfusion: a valuable coagulation support or an expensive fluid therapy?

Christian Fenger-Eriksen  1 , Dietmar Fries  2 , Jean-Stephane David  3 , Pierre Bouzat  4 , Marcus Daniel Lance  5 , Oliver Grottke  6 , Donat R Spahn  7 , Herbert Schoechl  8   9 , Marc Maegele  10
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Editorial

Pre-hospital plasma transfusion: a valuable coagulation support or an expensive fluid therapy?

Christian Fenger-Eriksen et al. Crit Care. .
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Conflict of interest statement

CFE received travel support, lecture and advisory board fees and research support from CSL Behring, TEM International/IL-Werfen and LFB Biomedicaments.

DRS received honoraria or travel support for consulting or lecturing from Danube University of Krems, Austria, US Department of Defense, Washington, USA, European Society of Anesthesiology, Brussels, BE, Korean Society for Patient Blood Management, Seoul, Korea, Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, Seoul, Korea, Baxter AG, Volketswil, Switzerland, Baxter S.p.A., Roma, Italy, Bayer AG, Zürich, Switzerland, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France and Baar, Switzerland, CSL Behring GmbH, Hattersheim am Main, Germany and Berne, Switzerland, Celgene International II Sàrl, Couvet, Switzerland, Curacyte AG, Munich, Germany, Daiichi Sankyo AG, Thalwil, Switzerland, GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Haemonetics, Braintree, MA, USA, Instrumentation Laboratory (IL-Werfen), Bedford, MA, USA, LFB Biomédicaments, Courtaboeuf Cedex, France, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA, Octapharma AG, Lachen, Switzerland, Organon AG, Pfäffikon/SZ, Switzerland, PAION Deutschland GmbH, Aachen, Germany, Pharmacosmos A/S, Holbaek, Denmark, Photonics Healthcare B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands, Pierre Fabre Pharma, Alschwil, Switzerland, Roche Diagnostics International Ltd., Reinach, Switzerland, Roche Pharma AG, Reinach, Switzerland, Sarstedt AG & Co., Sevelen, Switzerland and Nümbrecht, Germany, Schering-Plough International, Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA, Tem International GmbH, Munich, Germany, Verum Diagnostica GmbH, Munich, Germany, Vifor Pharma, Munich, Germany, Vienna, Austria and Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland, Vifor (International) AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

PB received honorary for lecture from LFB and Octapharma.

MM received travel support, lecture and advisory board fees and research support from Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Biotest, CSL Behring, TEM International/IL-Werfen and LFB Biomedicaments.

JSD received lecture fees from LFB Laboratoires France.

OG received research funding from Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk, Biotest, CSL Behring and Nycomed and honoraria for lectures and consultancy support from Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, CSL Behring, Octapharma, Sanofi, Pfizer and Portola.

The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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