Incidence and Early Outcome of Coagulopathy among Major Trauma Patients
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Acute traumatic coagulopathy among major trauma patients in an urban tertiary hospital in sub Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND Mortality from trauma remains a major public health issue as it is the leading cause of death in persons aged 5 to 44 years. Uncontrolled hemorrhage and coagulopathy is responsible for over 50% of all trauma related deaths within the first 48 hrs of admission. Coagulation profiles are not routinely done among trauma patients in resource limited settings and there is a paucity of data...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of African Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2523-0816,1999-9674
DOI: 10.4314/aas.v15i1.5