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Table 4 Coagulation management

From: Preserve encephalus in surgery of trauma: online survey. (P.E.S.T.O)

Safe platelet count

ICP placement

Craniotomy

 > 50,000 mm3

 57 (47%)

 44 (36%)

 > 100,000 mm3

 56 (46%)

 67 (55%)

 > 150,000 mm3

 9 (7%)

 11 (9%)

PT/aPTT

ICP placement

Craniotomy

 1.2 times the normal control

 43 (35%)

 41 (34%)

 1.5 times the normal control

 73 (60%)

 76 (62%)

 1.8 times the normal control

 6 (5%)

 5 (4%)

RBCs/P/PLTs

DCR polytrauma

DCR polytrauma with TBI

 1 RBC/1 P/1 PLT

 51 (42%)

 53 (43%)

 2 RBCs/1 P/1 PLT

 42 (34%)

 40 (33%)

 3 RBCs/1 P/1 PLT

 20 (16%)

 19 (16%)

 Other

 9 (8%)

 10 (8%)

  1. Abbreviations: ICP intracranial pressure, PT prothrombin time, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time, RBC red blood cell, P plasma, PLT platelet, DCR damage control resuscitation, TBI traumatic brain injury