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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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Stabilisation hémodynamique d’une tamponnade mixte sur plaies thoraciques par arme blanche : à propos d’un cas

TL;DR: Le cas d’un patient presentant une instabilite hemodynamique majeure secondaire a deux plaies thoraciques necessitant un drainage en urgence and revelant une tamponnade gazeuse et hemorragique.
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Blood autotransfusion outcomes compared with Ringer lactate infusion in dogs with hemorrhagic shock induced by controlled bleeding

TL;DR: Crystalloid during the first hours after treatment of hemorrhagic shock may be better than autologous blood as preferred treatment, while autotransfusion showed its benefits some hours after.
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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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