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ArticleJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2025

Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays are Associated With Mortality and Blood Transfusion in a Multicenter Cohort.

Shyam Murali, Eric Winter, Nicolas M Chanes, Allyson M Hynes, Madhu Subramanian, Alison A Smith, Mark J Seamon, Jeremy W Cannon

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Article in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Initial TEG 6s parameters for risk stratification of hemorrhage-related outcomes in massively transfused trauma patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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Shyam MuraliDivision of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Eric WinterPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nicolas M ChanesDepartment of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Allyson M HynesDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Madhu SubramanianDivision of Acute Care Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Alison A SmithDepartment of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Mark J SeamonDivision of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jeremy W CannonDivision of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) carries significant risks, including increased mortality. Traditional TIC definitions rely on laboratories that result slowly and do not highlight therapeutic targets. We hypothesized that a TIC score, based on thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), collectively termed viscoelastic hemostatic assays, is associated with in-hospital mortality and packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion. Methods: This retrospective cohort study used a database of adult patients undergoing institutional massive transfusion at seven level 1 trauma centers (2013-2018). A "TIC score" was developed, with 1 point assigned for abnormal TEG R-time (≥ 9 min) or ROTEM clot time (≥ 80 sec), ɑ-angle (< 65 Results: Of 1499 patients in the final analysis, 591 (39.4%) were TIC+. Each 1-point increase in TIC score was associated with a 53% increase in the odds of mortality (odds ratio [OR], 1.53, 95% CI, 1.33-1.76, Conclusion: A viscoelastic hemostatic assay-based TIC score is independently associated with mortality and pRBC transfusion volumes. This association persists with unequal weighting and adjustment of normal/abnormal cutoff thresholds of TEG components.

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AcoTSacute coagulopathy of trauma shockcoagulopathyROTEMTEGthromboelastographytrauma-induced coagulopathy

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PMID40236264
PMCPMC11997675

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