Management of hemorrhagic shock when blood is not an option.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To describe an alternative approach to management of severe life- threatening hemorrhagic shock and the outcome when blood was not a treatment option.

DESIGN:
Case Report of the use of a Hemoglobin Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC-201)when control of hemorrhage and intravenous crystalloids were unsuccessful in reversal of hemorrhagic shock and progressive ischemia.

SETTING:
Trauma Center.

PATIENTS:
Jehovah's Witness.

OUTCOME:
Hospital discharge and 6 month follow-up uneventful.

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Subjects

• Blood Substitutes
• Hemoglobins
• Humans
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Lactic Acid
• Male
• Multiple Trauma
• Shock, Hemorrhagic
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Colin F Mackenzie
• Chet Morrison
• Mahmood Jaberi
• Thomas Genuit
• Subishani Katamuluwa
• Aurelio Rodriguez

Publication date

2008-12-01

Journal

Journal topics

• Anesthesiology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. cmack003 [at] umaryland.edu

Release reference

J Clin Anesth. 2008 Nov;20(7):538-41

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