Association Between Ratio of Fresh Frozen Plasma to Red Blood Cells During Massive Transfusion and Survival Among Patients Without Traumatic Injury | Zendy

Tomaž Mesar | Zendy; Andreas Larentzakis | Zendy; Sunny Dzik | Zendy; Yuchiao Chang | Zendy; George C. Velmahos | Zendy; D. Dante Yeh | Zendy

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Association Between Ratio of Fresh Frozen Plasma to Red Blood Cells During Massive Transfusion and Survival Among Patients Without Traumatic Injury

Author(s) -

Tomaž Mesar,

Andreas Larentzakis,

Sunny Dzik,

Yuchiao Chang,

George C. Velmahos,

D. Dante Yeh

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0098

Subject(s) - medicine , fresh frozen plasma , cryoprecipitate , resuscitation , blood transfusion , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , injury severity score , packed red blood cells , emergency department , intensive care unit , medical record , surgery , intensive care medicine , poison control , injury prevention , platelet , psychiatry , fibrinogen

Hemostatic resuscitation has been shown to be beneficial for patients with trauma, but there is little evidence that it is equally beneficial for bleeding patients without trauma. The practice of a high transfusion ratio of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to red blood cells (RBCs) has spread to other surgical and medical fields.

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