Hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis

Authors
Eddy, VA Morris, JA Cullinane, DC
Citation
Va. Eddy et al., Hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis, SURG CL NA, 80(3), 2000, pp. 845
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
00396109 → ACNP
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6109(200006)80:3<845:HCAA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Improvements in operative techniques and resuscitation strategies now allow the severely and multiply injured patient to survive long enough to exhibi t extreme derangements in physiology that would have been considered unusua l in the past. The triad of hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis now is encountered often in this setting. This article describes the evaluation an d management options currently used to manage patients with this deadly tri ad.