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The impact of acute coagulopathy on mortality in pediatric trauma patients.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
August 2016
From the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care (A.S., K.I., L.L., P.T., D.D.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Surgery (A.L.S., B.B.), Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (J.S.U., H.R.F.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Pediatric Surgery (H.R.F.), Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Pathology, University of Southern California Medical Center and Blood Bank (I.S.), Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County + USC Health Care Network (I.S.), Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Traumatic coagulopathy (TC) occurs in 24% to 38% of adults and is associated with up to a six-fold increase in mortality. This study's purpose was to determine the incidence of pediatric TC and its impact on mortality.
Methods: A retrospective review (2004-2009) of all trauma patients from our Level I trauma center was performed.