G H Pink
Teaching risk analysis
The Journal of health administration education
development acute traumatic coagulopathy associated increased mortality morbidity patients battlefield traumatic injuries currently incidence acute traumatic coagulopathy role 1 setting unclear queried prehospital trauma registry phtr module department defense trauma registry dodtr encounters inception may 2019 phtr captures data role 1 prehospital care data phtr linked dodtr analyze laboratory data patient outcomes using descriptive statistics defined coagulopathy international normalized ratio inr 15 platelet count 150109l total 595 patients met inclusion criteria 36 212 met definition coagulopathy 31 185 carrying low platelet numbers 11 68 showing elevated inr 7 41 baseline coagulopathy cohort mean inr 110 95 ci 109112 versus 138 95 ci 133143 coagulopathic cohort mean platelet count 218 95 ci 213223 109l baseline cohort versus 117 95 ci 110125 109l coagulopathic cohort findings indicate high incidence coagulopathy trauma patients approximately onethird wounded patients laboratory evidence coagulopathy upon presentation forward medical care facility advanced diagnostic facilities therefore needed facilitate early diagnosis acute traumatic coagulopathy blood products long shelf life aid early correction