Does initial emergency department coagulation profile predict survival in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Although coagulopathy is often present in patients presenting with a rAAA, it does not seem to be associated with a poorer outcome. Our results seem to suggest that altering the current practice of minimal transfusion in the ED to include early transfusion of blood products, such as platelets or fresh frozen plasma, is therefore unlikely to improve outcome.
In patients with invasive breast cancer and macrometastasis of SN, T stage and SN ratio were useful for prediction of NSN metastasis.