Open AccessCoagulation studies in patients with orthopedic trauma
Author(s) -
Kanchana Rangarajan,
Arulselvi Subramanian,
Jatin Gandhi,
Namit Saraf,
Vijay K. Sharma,
Kamran Farooque
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.58652
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , coagulation , orthopedic trauma , medicine , surgery
Head injury, severe acidosis, hypothermia, massive transfusion and hypoxia often complicate traumatic coagulopathy. First line investigations such as prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, fibrinogen level, platelet count and D-dimer levels help in the initial assessment of coagulopathy in a trauma victim.