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Auto-transfusion tourniquets: the next evolution of tourniquets

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2013
David H Tang,1,2,3 Bohdan T Olesnicky,1,3 Michael W Eby,1,4 Lawrence E Heiskell1,51International School of Tactical Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA; 2Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA; 3High Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree, CA, USA ...
Tang DH, Olesnicky BT, Eby MW, Heiskell LE   +3 more
doaj  

How Strong Can We Pull? Critical Thresholds for Traction Forces on the Aortic Annulus: Measurements on Fresh Porcine Hearts

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Friable or infected tissue remains a challenge in surgical aortic valve replacement. We recently described the “Caput medusae” method, in which circumferential tourniquets temporarily secure the prosthesis and are then gently ...
Martin Hartrumpf, Josephine Sterner, Filip Schroeter, Ralf-Uwe Kuehnel, Roya Ostovar, Johannes M. Albes   +5 more
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Two New Effective Tourniquets for Potential Use in the Military Environment: A Serving Soldier Study.

Military Medicine, 2017
BACKGROUND Limb tourniquets have been used extensively during modern Middle Eastern conflicts. Despite its undeniable successes, the combat applied tourniquet (C-A-T) has some shortfalls, principally its inability to reliably control lower limb bleeding ...
A. Beaven, R. Briard, M. Ballard, P. Parker   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No difference in 5‐year survivorship between cemented versus cementless total knee arthroplasty in a cohort of 5266 patients using a deep‐dish mobile bearing implant

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The best fixation method for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains controversial. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of cemented and cementless fixation on prosthesis survivorship. Our primary hypothesis is that there is no difference in survivorship between cemented and cementless TKA.
Ophélie Manchec, Emilie Bérard, Regis Pailhé, Sébastien Lustig, Etienne Cavaignac   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic pain management in a dairy cow with deep digital sepsis

Veterinary Record Case Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract This case report describes a cow with a penetrating foreign body in the sole horn of its medial claw of the right forelimb, leading to sequestration and necrosis of the pedal bone and subsequent chronic pain. The surgical interventions, multimodal pain management and development of the gait pattern over more than 6 weeks are described. The cow
Jasmin Laschinger, Johann Kofler
wiley   +1 more source

Content validation of the NANDA‐I nursing diagnosis risk for perioperative hypothermia (00254)

International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The objectives of this study were to refine and validate the NANDA‐I nursing diagnosis risk for perioperative hypothermia (RPH) (00254). Methods A quantitative, descriptive study was carried out according to the adapted diagnostic content validation model by Fehring.
Manuel Schwanda, Silvia Brunner, Miriam de Abreu Almeida, Martina Koller, Maria Müller Staub, Andre Ewers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of local anaesthetic peri-femoral artery injection compared to subcutaneous infiltration in combination with femoral and sciatic nerve blocks for reducing thigh tourniquet-induced hypertension during lower-limb surgery under general anaesthesia: A randomised controlled double-blinded trial

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Background and Aims: Tourniquet-induced hypertension (TH) remains an unresolved issue. Various techniques, such as peripheral nerve blocks, peri-femoral artery blocks, and subcutaneous infiltration, have been explored to address this.
Chonruethai Tangkittithaworn, Wirinaree Kampitak, Tanawat Benjamungkalarak, Jirun Apinun   +3 more
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Achilles tendon reconstruction with a half-width Achilles graft and wrap-around fascial flap

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
A 70-year-old man complained imbalance while walking, inability to perform ankle flexion, and could not stand on tip-toe 3 months after injury. The ankle looked swollen with loss of Achilles contour and obvious gait disturbance.
Theddeus Octavianus Hari Prasetyono, Fransisca Sisca   +1 more
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Words to live by: Using medic impressions to identify the need for prehospital lifesaving interventions

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Prehospital emergencies require providers to rapidly identify patients’ medical condition and determine treatment needs. We tested whether medics’ initial, written impressions of patient condition contain information that can help identify patients who require prehospital lifesaving interventions (LSI) prior to or during transport ...
Aaron C. Weidman, Zach Sedor‐Schiffhauer, Chase Zikmund, David D. Salcido, Francis X. Guyette, Leonard S. Weiss, Ronald K. Poropatich, Michael R. Pinsky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative tourniquet-induced hyperthermia in a pediatric patient: a forgotten association -a case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Background The intraoperative use of tourniquets is associated with several complications, including hyperthermia. We present the first documented case of tourniquet-induced hyperthermia in a pediatric patient at our institution. Case A 5-year-old female
Tarek Tageldin, Muhammad Jaffar Khan, Temur Baykuziyev, Haitham Ahmed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source