Viscoelastic guidance of resuscitation

Bleeding in trauma carries a high mortality and is increased in case of coagulopathy. Our understanding of hemostasis and coagulopathy has improved, leading to a change in the protocols for hemostatic monitoring. This review describes the current state of evidence supporting the use of viscoelastic hemostatic assays to guide trauma resuscitation.Viscoelastic hemostatic assays such as thrombelastography and rotational thrombelastometry have shown...