Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-50732
Theusinger, O M; Wanner, G A; Emmert, M Y; Billeter, A; Eismon, J; Seifert, B; Simmen, H P; Spahn, D R; Baulig, W (2011). Hyperfibrinolysis diagnosed by rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) is associated with higher mortality in patients with severe trauma. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 113(5):1003-1012.
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Abstract
Mortality from hyperfibrinolysis is significantly higher in trauma compared with nontrauma patients, and hyperfibrinolysis is an independent factor predicting mortality in trauma patients. Rotational thromboelastometry provides real-time recognition of hyperfibrinolysis allowing early treatment.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Trauma Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Institute of Anesthesiology |
| DDC: | 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Deposited On: | 10 Nov 2011 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2013 01:59 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0003-2999 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822e183f |
| PubMed ID: | 21918164 |
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