Shock index in patients with traumatic solid organ injury as a predictor of massive blood transfusion protocol activation

• Main Authors: Ayman El-Menyar (Author), Gaby Jabbour (Author), Mohammad Asim (Author), Husham Abdelrahman (Author), Ismail Mahmood (Author), Hassan Al-Thani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose We aimed to assess the utility of shock index (SI) to predict the need for massive transfusion protocol (MTP) in patients with solid organ injury (SOI) in a Level 1 Trauma center. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis for patients with SOI between 2011 and 2014. Patients wer...