Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
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J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) · Jan 2014
Multicenter StudyProspective multicenter evaluation of coagulation abnormalities in dogs following severe acute trauma.
To describe coagulation abnormalities in dogs following severe acute trauma and to evaluate the relationship between coagulation, clinical, and laboratory variables, and disease and injury severity, as well as the ability of coagulation variables to predict the presence of body cavity hemorrhage (BCH), necessity of blood product administration, and outcome. ⋯ In dogs with severe traumatic injuries and hypoperfusion, measurement of thromboelastography and aPTT should be considered to support clinical assessments in predicting the need for blood product administration and nonsurvival.