Anaes SAQs · Trauma & massive haemorrhage
The trauma-induced coagulopathy and the viscoelastic testing
Final SAQ — the TIC (the mechanisms: the tissue-factor, the protein-C, the fibrinolysis, the consumption, the dilution, the hypocalcaemia); the viscoelastic (the TEG/ROTEM the whole-blood functional rapid guides-the-targeted-therapy); the viscoelastic-vs-the-ratio-based MTP.
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Describe the trauma-induced coagulopathy and the role of the viscoelastic testing (the TEG and the ROTEM) in the trauma resuscitation.
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Describe the trauma-induced coagulopathy and the role of the viscoelastic testing (the TEG and the ROTEM) in the trauma resuscitation.
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- [4]Winearls J, et al. Clinical outcomes of hemostatic interventions. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2026.PMID 42296330
- [42296331]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.