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01-10-2012 | Commentary

Validating scores: a good business for a trauma register

Author: Marcus R Raum

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2012

Abstract

Acute hemorrhage after life-threatening injury is still one of the main killers after trauma. The article by Brockamp and colleagues presents a good overview of recent scores for estimation of blood loss and transfusion requirement.

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Title: Validating scores: a good business for a trauma register
Author: Marcus R Raum
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 5/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11514

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