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2014 Nov – TEG®- or ROTEM®-based individualized goal-directed coagulation algorithms: don’t wait – act now!

Donat R Spahn Critical Care 2014, 18:637 (24 November 2014)

In trauma patients, TEG® and ROTEM® allow prediction of massive transfusion requirement and mortality, and creation of goal-directed, individualized coagulation algorithms that may improve patient outcome. This outcome benefit has been shown for cardiac surgery in prospective randomized trials. For trauma, only non-randomized studies have been performed. Nevertheless, TEG® and ROTEM® are highly promising monitoring techniques to guide coagulation management in all types of major bleeding, including trauma.

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