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Implementation of point-of-care ROTEM® into a trauma major haemorrhage protocol: A before and after study.

Don CampbellElizabeth WakeKerin WaltersDebbie HoGerben KeijzersMartin WullschlegerJames Winearls
Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2020)
Although there was no overall reduction of packed red blood cell usage, a change in the pattern of administration of other blood products was observed with the implementation of a targeted VHA (ROTEM®) guided coagulation management programme. Larger studies are needed to further define the role of early VHA testing to guide correction of trauma-induced coagulopathy and the effect on clinical outcomes.
Keyphrases
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