Thromboelastometric Analysis of the Correlation Between Burn-Induced Coagulopathy and Severity of Burn Injury

• Published in: Cureus Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e54489
• Main Authors: Koami, Hiroyuki, Sakamoto, Yuichiro, Matsuoka, Ayaka, Shinada, Kota
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Science and Business Media LLC 19.02.2024; Springer Nature B.V; Cureus
• Subjects: Blood tests; Body temperature; Clinical outcomes; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medicine; Glasgow Coma Scale; Heart rate; Hemoglobin; Hospitals; Injuries; Kinases; Length of stay; Leukocytes; Medicine; Mortality; Other; Patients; Trauma; viscoelastic device; clot firmness; extrinsic coagulation cascade; fibrinogen; burn index

Background In this study, we aimed to analyze the association between the burn index (BI) and burn-induced coagulopathy. Methods Adult burn patients transported to our emergency department who underwent rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) between April 1, 2013, and December 31, 2021, were enrolled...