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Normalization of blood clotting characteristics using prothrombin complex concentrate, fibrinogen and FXIII in an

Tobias Koller1, Nadia Kinast2, Andres Guilarte Castellanos3

  • 1Hospital de la Santa Creu i San Pau, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Departamento de Cirugía, Carrer de Sant Quintí, 89, 08041, Barcelona, Spain. tkoller@santpau.cat.

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
|April 10, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
Blood transfusionFactor XIIIFibrinogenFluid therapyHemostatic resuscitationMassive bleedingPlasma substitutesProthrombin complex concentrate

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