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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