Hypercoagulability after burn injury

Hypercoagulability is a homeostatic response to trauma, but relatively little information is available about coagulation changes after burn injury. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that burn patients are hypercoagulable at admission and/or during recovery. A prospective observational trial was co...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 37 - 43
Main Authors:	Van Haren, Robert M, Thorson, Chad M, Valle, Evan J, Busko, Alexander M, Guarch, Gerardo A, Andrews, David M, Pizano, Louis R, Schulman, Carl I, Namias, Nicholas, Proctor, Kenneth G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-07-2013
Subjects:	Adult Age Factors Aged Blood Coagulation Tests Burn Units Burns - blood Burns - complications Cohort Studies Female Humans Incidence Injury Severity Score Male Middle Aged Partial Thromboplastin Time Prognosis Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Sex Factors Survival Analysis Thrombelastography - methods Thromboembolism - etiology Thromboembolism - mortality Thromboembolism - physiopathology Thrombophilia - etiology Thrombophilia - mortality Thrombophilia - physiopathology
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!