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Table 1 Summary of trauma-induced coagulopathy (cited from [21])

From: Acute traumatic coagulopathy and trauma-induced coagulopathy: an overview

1 Physiological changes

 • Hemostasis and wound healing

2 Pathological changes

 • Endogenously induced primary pathologies

   o Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)

   • Activation of coagulation

   • Insufficient anticoagulation mechanisms

   • Increased fibrin(ogen)olysis (early phase)

   • Suppression of fibrinolysis (late phase)

   • Consumption coagulopathy

   o Acute coagulopathy trauma-shock (ACOTS)

   • Activated protein C-mediated suppression of coagulation

   • Activated protein C-mediated increased fibrinolysis

 • Exogenously induced secondary pathologies that modify DIC and ACOTS

   o Anemia-induced coagulopathy

   o Hypothermia-induced coagulopathy

   o Acidosis-induced coagulopathy

   o Dilutional coagulopathy

   o Others

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