title: 2014 Consensus conference on viscoelastic test-based transfusion guidelines for early trauma resuscitation: Report of the panel.
abstract: There has been an increased interest in the use of viscoelastic testing to guide blood product replacement during the acute resuscitation of the injured patient. Currently, no uniformly accepted guidelines exist for how this technology should be integrated into clinical care. In September 2014, an international multidisciplinary group of leaders in the field of trauma coagulopathy and resuscitation was assembled for a 2-day consensus conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This panel included trauma surgeons, hematologists, blood bank specialists, anesthesiologists, and the lay public.Nine questions regarding the impact of viscoelastic testing in the early resuscitation of trauma patients were developed before the conference by panel consensus. Early use was defined as baseline viscoelastic test result thresholds obtained within the first minutes of hospital arrival-when conventional laboratory results are not available. The available data for each question were then reviewed in person using standardized presentations by the expert panel. A consensus summary document was then developed and reviewed by the panel in an open forum. Finally, a two-round Delphi poll was administered to the panel of experts regarding viscoelastic thresholds for triggering the initiation of specific treatments including fibrinogen, platelets, plasma, and prothrombin complex concentrates. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of this consensus conference.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care (K.I.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, and University of Toronto (S.R.); Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto (P.V.); and Department of Clinical Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center Toronto, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto (J.C.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Trauma Sciences, Blizard Institute, Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (R.D.), London, United Kingdom; Department of Laboratory Medicine (J.H.), School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery (M.M.), Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Private University Witten/Herdecke Ostmerheimserstr, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rizoli
authors.forename: Precilla V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Veigas
authors.forename: Jeannie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Callum
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maegele
mesh_terms: D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*