Targeting resuscitation to normalization of coagulating status: Hyper and hypocoagulability after severe injury are both associated with increased mortality.
AUTHORS
Moore
HB ,
Moore
EE ,
Liras
IN ,
Wade
C ,
Huebner
BR ,
Burlew
CC ,
Pieracci
FM ,
Sauaia
A ,
Cotton
BA ,
. American journal of surgery. 2017 12 1; 214(6). 1041-1045
- PMID: 28969894 [PubMed].
- PMCID: PMC5693672.
- NIHMSID: NIHMS910013
ABSTRACT
The prevalence and impact of hypercoagulability (hypo) in severely injured patients early after injury remains unclear. We hypothesize that the predominant phenotype of postinjury coagulopathy is hypercoagulability (hyper) and it is associated with increased mortality.
The prevalence and impact of hypercoagulability (hypo) in severely injured patients early after injury remains unclear. We hypothesize that the predominant phenotype of postinjury coagulopathy is hypercoagulability (hyper) and it is associated with increased mortality.
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