The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Jan 2020
Rotational thromboelastometry predicts transfusion and disability in pediatric trauma.
Trauma-induced coagulopathy seen on rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) is associated with poor outcomes in adults; however, this relationship is poorly understood in the pediatric population. We sought to define thresholds for product-specific transfusion and evaluate the prognostic efficacy of ROTEM in injured children. ⋯ Prognostic, Level III; Therapeutic, Level IV.