Maintaining a Whole Blood-Centered Transfusion Improves Survival in Hemorrhagic Resuscitation.

Griffin J FeinbergAnastasia C TillmanMarcelo L PaivaBrent EmighStephanie N LueckelAllyson M HynesTareq Kheirbek

Published in: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (2023)

Our analysis shows that higher pRBC:WB ratios at 4 hours diminished survival benefits of WB in trauma resuscitation. Further efforts should emphasize this relationship to optimize trauma resuscitation protocols.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
septic shock
free survival
trauma patients
cardiac surgery
quality improvement