Traumatic Coagulopathy

Trauma patients often suffer from a “lethal triad” comprised of three entwined interacting components: hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. When the patients’ blood vessels are injured, hemostatic mechanisms are activated to heal the injured vessels and reduce blood loss. Yet when the injury is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joong Suck Kim, Young Hoon Sul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Acute Care Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.jacs.or.kr/upload/pdf/jacs-5-35.pdf