Open AccessHemostatic resuscitation with plasma and platelets in trauma
Author(s) -
Pär I. Johansson,
Roberto S Oliveri,
Sisse Rye Ostrowski
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0974-2700.96479
Subject(s) - medicine , fresh frozen plasma , platelet , confidence interval , resuscitation , blood product , blood transfusion , relative risk , meta analysis , anesthesia , surgery
Continued hemorrhage remains a major contributor of mortality in massively transfused patients and controversy regarding the optimal management exists although recently, the concept of hemostatic resuscitation, i.e., providing large amount of blood products to critically injured patients in an immediate and sustained manner as part of an early massive transfusion protocol has been introduced. The aim of the present review was to investigate the potential effect on survival of proactive administration of plasma and/or platelets (PLT) in trauma patients with massive bleeding.