2016
The confusion continues: results from an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma survey on massive transfusion practices among United States trauma centers
Etchill E, Sperry J, Zuckerbraun B, Alarcon L, Brown J, Schuster K, Kaplan L, Piper G, Peitzman A, Neal MD. The confusion continues: results from an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma survey on massive transfusion practices among United States trauma centers. Transfusion 2016, 56: 2478-2486. PMID: 27515056, DOI: 10.1111/trf.13755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood TransfusionHealth ServicesHemorrhageHemostaticsHumansPractice Patterns, Physicians'ResuscitationSurveys and QuestionnairesThrombelastographyTrauma CentersUnited StatesConceptsMassive transfusion protocolMassive transfusion practiceMTP activationTransfusion practiceScoring systemTranexamic acidUnited States trauma centersPartial thromboplastin time (aPTT) testingTEG/ROTEMInternational normalized ratioStates trauma centersCare prothrombin timeOutcome-based studiesAmerican AssociationNontrauma patientsRed blood cellsTransfusion protocolTrauma centerHemostatic resuscitationMassive hemorrhageNormalized ratioRotational thromboelastometryProthrombin timeLevel INontrauma indications
2012
An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs
Horwitz LI, Schuster KM, Thung SF, Hersh DC, Fisher RL, Shah N, Cushing W, Nunes J, Silverman DG, Jenq GY. An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs. BMJ Quality & Safety 2012, 21: 863. PMID: 22626740, PMCID: PMC3463404, DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000658.Peer-Reviewed Original Research