Population
Patients with major trauma enrolled in the RETIC study (n= 70).
Intervention
Fibrinogen concentrate (FC) as first line medication (n= 50).
Comparison
FC as crossover rescue medication (n= 20).
Outcome
The dose-dependent response (changes in plasma fibrinogen and FibA10) was analysed. Median FC single doses amounted to 62.5 (57 to 66.66) mg.kg(-)(1). One FC single-dose sufficiently corrected fibrinogen and FibA10 (median fibrinogen 213 mg.dL(-1), median FibA10 11 mm) only in patients with baseline fibrinogen above 100 mg.dL(-1) and FibA10 above 5 mm, repeated dosing was required in patients with lower baseline fibrinogen/FibA10. Fibrinogen increased by 83 or 107 mg.dL(-1) and FibA10 by 4 or 4.5 mm after single or double dose of FC, respectively. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis revealed post-treatment fibrinogen levels under 204.5 mg.dL(-)(1) to predict the need for massive transfusion (AUC 0.652; specificity: 0.667; sensitivity: 0.688).