Risk Factors for Predicting Need for Transfusion in Trauma Patient
Purpose: | To determine if a trauma patient is likely to need blood transfusion based on the risk factors of Baker et al. |
Specialty: | Clinical Laboratory General Surgery Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Critical Care |
Objective: | risk factors |
ICD-10: | T79-T79 |
Description: | Baker et al identified 4 risk factors associated with the need for blood transfusion in a trauma patient. The authors are from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. |
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