[Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma]

Abstract

Bleeding is the most common preventable cause of death in trauma patients. Acute traumatic coagulopathy is a specific condition with a different pathophysiology from other causes of the massive bleeding. An early identification of the coagulopathy is fundamental to implementing rapid treatment. There have been many changes in the management of massive hemorrhage, for example, the administration of the tranexamic acid and the use of balanced transfusion ratio. This review presents these practical points, some of them with scientific evidence, in order to achieve a beneficial effect for patient outcomes.

Keywords: Fibrinogen; Fibrinógeno; Haemorrhage; Hemorragia; Medicina transfusional; Tranexamic acid; Transfusion medicine; Ácido tranexámico.