The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Oct 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Pragmatic Clinical TrialA comparison of resuscitation intensity and critical administration threshold in predicting early mortality among bleeding patients: A multicenter validation in 680 major transfusion patients.
To address deficiencies associated with the classic definition of massive transfusion (MT), critical administration threshold (CAT) and resuscitation intensity (RI) were developed to better quantify the overall severity of illness and predict the need for transfusions and early mortality. We sought to evaluate these as more appropriate replacements for MT in defining mortality risk in patients undergoing major transfusions. ⋯ Prognostic, level III.