Can latent heat safely warm blood? – in vitro testing of a portable prototype blood warmer
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Trauma/retrieval patients are often in shock and hypothermic. Treatment of such patients usually involves restoring their blood volume with transfusion of blood (stored at 2°C – 6°C) and/or crystalloids or colloids (stored at ambient...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/7/8 |