Damage Control for Vascular Trauma from the Prehospital to the Operating Room Setting

Damage Control for Vascular Trauma from the Prehospital to the Operating Room Setting

Early management of vascular injury, starting at the field, is imperative for survival no less than any operative maneuver. Contemporary prehospital management of vascular trauma, including appropriate fluid and volume infusion, tourniquets, and hemostatic agents, has reversed the historically known...

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Main Authors: Emmanouil Pikoulis, Karim M. Salem, Efthymios D. Avgerinos, Anastasia Pikouli, Anastasios Angelou, Antreas Pikoulis, Sotirios Georgopoulos, Ioannis Karavokyros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
vascular trauma
damage control
prehospital
tourniquets
topical hemostatic agents
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2017.00073/full

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