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Prehospital autotransfusion in life-threatening hemothorax

Patrick Barriot, +2 more
- 01 Mar 1988 - 
- Vol. 93, Iss: 3, pp 522-526
TLDR
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.
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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.

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Shed Pleural Blood from Traumatic Hemothorax Contains Elevated Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines.

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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Hemorrhagic shock with paradoxical bradycardia.

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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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.
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