Injury
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 298-304 , March 2007

Early coagulopathy in multiple injury: An analysis from the German Trauma Registry on 8724 patients

  • Marc Maegele

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 221 989 57 0; fax: +49 221 989 57 21.
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  • Rolf Lefering

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Nedim Yucel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Thorsten Tjardes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Dieter Rixen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Paffrath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian Simanski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Edmund Neugebauer

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Bertil Bouillon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), Ostmerheimerstr. 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • The AG Polytrauma of the German Trauma Society (DGU)

,Accepted 10 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.10.003

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