ICU Management & Practice, Volume 18 - Issue 3, 2018
Can guidelines direct our strategy?
Massive transfusion protocols: fixed ratios (1:1:1)
Massive transfusion protocols: plasma first followed by factor concentrates
Goal-directed treatment of trauma-induced coagulopathy
Conclusion/ Key points
- Trauma is never standardised, patients are never standardised so a standard regime is not possible
- Do not start with massive transfusion algorithms for bleeding trauma patients
- Goal-directed therapy of coagulopathy is recommended for trauma patients
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