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Damage control resuscitation in patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Cannon, J. W; Khan, M. A; Raja, A. S; Cohen, M. J; Como, J. J; Cotton, B. A; Dubose, J. J; Fox, E. E; Inaba, K; Rodriguez, C. J; Holcomb, J. B; Duchesne, J. C.

J. trauma acute care surg; 82 (3), 2017

BACKGROUND: The resuscitation of severely injured bleeding patients has evolved into a multi-modal strategy termed damage control resuscitation (DCR). This guideline evaluates several aspects of DCR including the role of massive transfusion (MT) protocols, the optimal target ratio of plasma (PLAS) and pl...

Hemorrhage/therapy, Resuscitation/methods, Antifibrinolytic Agents/administration & dosage, Tranexamic Acid/administration & dosage, Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage, Trauma Severity Indices, Wounds and Injuries/therapy, GRADE Approach

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An evidence-based prehospital guideline for external hemorrhage control: American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

This report describes the development of an evidence-based guideline for external hemorrhage control in the prehospital setting. This project included a systematic review of the literature regarding the use of tourniquets and hemostatic agents for management of life-threatening extremity and junctional h...