2016
Successful Use of Four Factor-Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Congenital Factor X Deficiency in the Setting of Neurosurgery
Siddon AJ, Tormey CA. Successful Use of Four Factor-Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Congenital Factor X Deficiency in the Setting of Neurosurgery. Lab Medicine 2016, 47: e35-e37. PMID: 27378481, PMCID: PMC4985779, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmw037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital factor X deficiencyFactor X deficiencyX deficiencyExcessive bleedingComplex concentrateFour-factor prothrombin complex concentrateFactor prothrombin complex concentrateFirst-line therapyAnterior cervical discectomySetting of traumaProthrombin complex concentrateFresh frozen plasmaRare coagulation disorderMajor neurosurgeryCervical discectomyThromboembolic complicationsSpontaneous hemorrhageCoagulation disordersFrozen plasmaInvasive proceduresOperative casesBleedingWhite menDeficiencyDisorders
2014
The Development and Implementation of, and First Years' Experience With, a Massive/Emergency Transfusion Protocol (Damage Control Hematology Protocol) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital
Gehrie EA, Tormey CA. The Development and Implementation of, and First Years' Experience With, a Massive/Emergency Transfusion Protocol (Damage Control Hematology Protocol) in a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Military Medicine 2014, 179: 1099-1105. PMID: 25269127, DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-14-00045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBlood BanksBlood Grouping and CrossmatchingBlood Loss, SurgicalBlood TransfusionClinical AuditClinical ProtocolsConnecticutEmergenciesErythrocyte TransfusionFactor VIIaFactor VIIIFibrinogenHematemesisHospitals, VeteransHumansLaboratories, HospitalMalePlasma ExchangePlatelet TransfusionPostoperative HemorrhageRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsFresh frozen plasmaRecombinant factor VIIaRed blood cellsVeterans Affairs hospitalTransfusion protocolFactor VIIaUnits of RBCsVeterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemUnits of FFPLarge trauma centersHospital-based blood banksETP patientsMassive transfusionTrauma centerFrozen plasmaSeparate patientsPatientsWest HavenBleeding emergenciesBlood bankBlood cellsYears' experienceHealthcare systemPlateletsHospital