exsanguination/edema

Arterial tourniquets are used as one of the methods for reducing blood loss and for allowing blood free surgical field. A 20-year-old, 45 kg healthy female with a sphere shaped pendunculated hemangioma in the popliteal fossa of her left lower limb was applied with arterial tourniquet after

The effect of decreased plasma colloid osmotic pressure on the development of pulmonary edema was studied in anesthetized dogs. Lung lymph flow was used aa a sensitive and reliable indicator of fluid filtration rate in the lung. When plasma colloid osmotic pressure alone was reduced by slow infusion

The influence of intracranial pressure (ICP), systemic arterial pressure (SAP), and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) upon the development of vasogenic cerebral edema is largely unknown. To study their relationship, the authors have produced an osmotic disruption of the blood-brain barrier

BACKGROUND Exsanguination from extremity vascular injuries is the most common potentially survivable injury on the battlefield. Advances in treatment have dramatically improved survival, increasing the need to address associated morbidities including ischemia-reperfusion injury and extremity

BACKGROUND Phenylephrine is a selective alpha(1) adrenergic receptor agonist that increases arterial blood pressure by peripheral vasoconstriction. However, whether phenylephrine improves the outcome of cerebral ischemia in patients with internal carotid artery disease during hemorrhagic shock is

Cerebral iron overload contributes to free-radical damage and secondary brain injury following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Phlebotomy most effectively removes iron from the human body, compared with any pharmacological agent (e.g., chelator), and does not impact mean arterial blood pressure. For

BACKGROUND We have previously shown in dogs that exsanguination cardiac arrest of up to 120 minutes without trauma under profound hypothermia induced by aortic flush (suspended animation) can be survived without neurologic deficit. In the present study, the effects of major trauma (laparotomy,

The cerebral effects of alterations in plasma osmolality (Osm) and colloid oncotic pressure (COP) were examined in normocarbic, normothermic, pentobarbital-anesthetized rabbits that had been subjected to cryogenic brain injury. Monitored variables in all animals included mean arterial, right atrial,

OBJECTIVE Neonatal subgaleal hematomas (SGHs) are infrequent but underdiagnosed collections of blood beneath the galea, often caused by vacuum delivery. With massive bleeding into the subgaleal space, exsanguination and hypovolemic shock can cause death in 20 to 60% of newborn infants. We report the

Using a water displacement method the authors found that an exsanguinated human limb will swell immediately by approximately 10% of its original volume after release of a pneumatic tourniquet. Exsanguination reduces limb volume by forcing blood from it. Approximately one-half of the post-tourniquet

Volumes of feto-maternal transfusions (FMTs) in transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (TACVS) in the second trimester of pregnancy were calculated from the difference between maternal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations before and 1 h after TACVS. In 50 pregnancies, there existed no

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the platelet count in fetuses undergoing cordocentesis for hydrops caused by parvovirus infection. METHODS Fetal platelets were measured at cordocentesis in 11 pregnant women who underwent the procedure because of fetal ascites and/or hydrops caused

OBJECTIVE To summarize the experience with endovenous laser treatment(EVLT) combined with high ligation and Muller's phlebectomy for primary superficial varicose in the lower limbs. METHODS In 95 patients with C3-6 grade primary superficial varicose in 146 lower limbs, the extent of varicose was

BACKGROUND Axillo-subclavian vessel injuries were traditionally the result of combat-related trauma encountered by military surgeons. An increase in gun-related violence in our backyards, however, have brought these injuries to our doorsteps. The majority of the available data explores the

In order to establish a practical method by which the tourniquet can be safely kept on for more than 2 hours, i.e., the safe limit in the conventional method, the author initially made an experimental and then a clinical investigation as follows. METHODS Thirty-five adult mongrel dogs were used