Injury severity, arrival physiology, coagulopathy, and outcomes among the youngest trauma patients - Gupta VS, Liras IN, Allukian M, Cotton BA, Cox CSJ, Harting MT.

BACKGROUND: Although physiologic differences exist between younger and older children, pediatric trauma analyses are weighted toward older patients. Trauma-induced coagulopathy, determined by rapid thrombelastography (rTEG), is a predictor of outcome in tr...
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