ANTITHROMBIN III AND TRAUMA PATIENTS

Autor: Martin M. Crane, Richard S. Miller, David A. Weatherford, Dorothy Stein, Michael D. Stein
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 36:159
ISSN: 0022-5282
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199401000-00071
Popis: A prospective (cohort) study was conducted to determine the incidence of low antithrombin III (AT III) levels and the association with selected clinical variables in adult trauma patients. One hundred sixty AT III levels were obtained on 50 consecutive trauma admissions to a community-based level I trauma center. Antithrombin III levels were drawn as soon after admission as possible and every other day thereafter. Thirty-one patients (62%) had at least one low AT III level ( 15 (48% vs. 16%, p=0.04); and blood transfusion (32% vs. 5%, p=0.04)
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