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Department of Emergency Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China

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• Research Article   
  Hypocalcemia and Acute Traumatic Coagulation Disease
  Author(s): Yajun Zou, Hu Li, Long Teng, Qiangqiang Wang, Xingyu Wang and Jianlin Zhang*
  
  Although trauma surgeons have generally improved the treatment of various types of trauma worldwide, trauma remains the second leading cause of human death, accounting for approximately 40% of pre-hospital deaths and 10% of global deaths. Deaths caused by post-traumatic bleeding account for approximately 40% of the total number of traumatic deaths. Trauma has a high mortality rate because it often combines with a serious complication, namely, Acute Traumatic Coagulation (ATC). The pathogenesis of ATC is diverse, and post-traumatic hypocalcemia is often a neglected cause. Therefore, this article primarily reviews the causes of post-traumatic hypocalcemia and the mechanism by which post-traumatic hypocalcemia leads to ATC... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096.24.12.734

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