Research protocol for platelets in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational, case-controlled, feasibility study to assess coagulation and platelet function abnormalities with ROTEM following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PoHCAR)

Abstract

IntroductionOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has an annual incidence of approximately 60 000 in the UK. Less than 10% of those who receive resuscitation survive to hospital discharge. For OHCA of...