THE MANAGEMENT OF MASSIVE BLEEDING IN POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS

- Abbreviations

ABCDE Approach: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability and Exposure approach

ACS: Acute Coronary Syndrome

aPTT: Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support

AUROC: Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics

CCT: Conventional coagulation tests

DCR: Damage Control Resuscitation

eFAST: extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

EHC: Egyptian Health Council

GCS: Glascow Coma Scale

GDG: Guideline Development Group

GRADE: Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation

HES: Hydroxyethyl Starches

ICD-11: International Classification of Diseases, 11th Edition

INR: International Normalized ratio

MOHP: the Ministry of Health and Population

MT: massive transfusion

NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations

PCC: Prothrombin Complex Concentrate

POCUS: Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

PP: Pulse Pressure

PT: Prothrombin Time

ROTEM: Rotational Thromboelastometry

SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure

SI: Shock Index

TACO: Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload

TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury

TEG: Thromboelastography

TIC: Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy

TXA: Tranexamic Acid

VHAs: Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assays

VKA: Vitamin K Antagonists

WBCT: Whole-Body Computed Tomography

WHO: World Health Organization.