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Prehospital autotransfusion in life-threatening hemothorax
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The preliminary results of this study suggest that autotransfusion might be developed in the prehospital setting since it appears simple and safe, and represents the only hope of survival for patients with life-threatening hemothorax.About:
This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 1988-03-01. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Autotransfusion & Hematocrit.read more
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Shed Pleural Blood from Traumatic Hemothorax Contains Elevated Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines.
Marc A. Salhanick,Valere G. Sams,Heather F. Pidcoke,Chriselda G. Fedyk,Michael R. Scherer,Michael A. Dubick,Daniel L. Dent,Andrew P. Cap,Martin G. Schwacha +8 more
TL;DR: USHB, even collected within the accepted four-hour window, contains significantly elevated cytokine levels, suggesting the potential for deleterious effects from autotransfusion.
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Etude de l'activité fibrinolytique dans les liquides de ponction d'hémothorax traumatique
TL;DR: L'etude presente recherche, dans ces liquides de ponction, la preuve d'une activite fibrinolytique qui pourrait expliquer l'absence de fibrinogene, confirment l', toujours inferieur a 0,15 mg · l−1 et le plus souvent indosable.
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The initial management of severe trauma patients at hospital admission
TL;DR: A rapid trauma injury assessment aims not only at guiding resuscitation but also to decide a critical intervention in case of hemodynamic instability (laparotomy, thoracotomy, arterial embolisation).
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Autotransfusion après récupération de sang dans les situations d'exception
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The military anti-shock trouser in civilian pre-hospital emergency care.
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Hemorrhagic shock with paradoxical bradycardia.
P Barriot,B Riou +1 more
TL;DR: The preliminary results of the antishock trouser in this setting are encouraging and the treatment of bradycardia per se may be deleterious and atropine must be avoided in conscious patients with hemorrhagic shock and paradoxical bradyCardia.
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Experience with autotransfusion in the surgical management of trauma.
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Effects of autotransfusion on blood elements
TL;DR: No alteration in lipoproteins or elevation of plasma lipids was found with prolonged autotransfusion and no fat emboli were observed histologically.