The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition
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- Donat R. Spahn, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimír Černý, Jacques Duranteau, Daniela Filipescu, Beverley J. Hunt, Radko Komadina, Marc Maegele, Giuseppe Nardi, Louis Riddez, Charles Marc Samama, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Rolf Rossaint
- Journal
- Critical Care
- Year
- 2019
- Citations
- 1,282
Abstract
Background: Severe traumatic injury continues to present challenges to healthcare systems around the world, and post-traumatic bleeding remains a leading cause of potentially preventable death among injured patients. Now in its fifth edition, this document aims to provide guidance on the management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following traumatic injury and encourages adaptation of the guiding principles described here to individual institutional circumstances and resources.