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Making thawed universal donor plasma available rapidly for massively bleeding trauma patients: experience from the Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelets and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) trial Transfusion. 2015 Jun; 55(6):1331-9. . View in PubMed

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Paraplegic and quadriplegic patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery: sicker presentations, worse outcomes J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Apr; 78(4):808-15; quiz 893-4. . View in PubMed

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Early versus delayed same-admission laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in elderly patients with comorbidities J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Apr; 78(4):801-7. . View in PubMed

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The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Treatment (PROOVIT) registry: multicenter data on modern vascular injury diagnosis, management, and outcomes J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Feb; 78(2):215-22; discussion 222-3. . View in PubMed

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