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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery
2015-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Acute Care Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.jacs.or.kr/upload/pdf/jacs-5-35.pdf |