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 ResearchConceptsMassive 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