Risk factors for TIC-associated MOF in severely injured trauma
patients are early hypocoagulopathy,whereas later in the course
after admission,the occurrence of thromboembolic events was
associatedwithMOF.Riskfactorsfortransfusion-associatedMOF
weretheadministrationoffluidsandredbloodcellunits,theage
ofredbloodcellsandanFFP:RBCratio 1:1. Riskfactorsare
summarizedin Table3.
Hemorrhagicshockandearlypresenceofhypocoagulopa-
thyareriskfactorsforMOFintraumapatients.Subsequently,
afteratleast24-hafteradmission,thromboemboliceventswere
reportedasriskfactors.Thereby,thecoagulationprofileasso-
ciatedwithMOFseemstochangeovertime.Inaneffortto
reconcilethesefindings,wehypothesizethatpatientscantransfer