Open AccessReview of Existing Scoring Systems for Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma Patients: Where Do We Stand?
Author(s) -
Ayman ElMenyar,
Ahammed Mekkodathil,
Husham Abdelrahman,
Rifat Latifi,
Sagar Galwankar,
Hassan AlThani,
Sandro Rizoli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1540-0514
pISSN - 1073-2322
DOI - 10.1097/shk.0000000000001359
Subject(s) - scopus , medicine , audit , inclusion (mineral) , narrative review , protocol (science) , english language , population , blood transfusion , medline , major trauma , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , surgery , psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , social psychology , mathematics education , management , environmental health , political science , law , economics
Uncontrolled bleeding is the main cause of the potential preventable death in trauma patients. Accordingly, we reviewed all the existing scores for massive transfusion posttraumatic hemorrhage and summarized their characteristics, thus making it easier for the reader to have a global view of these scores-how they were created, their accuracy and to which population they apply.