A case of hemothorax due to traumatic bleeding managed effectively by Sonoclot®-guided blood transfusion

A case of hemothorax due to traumatic bleeding managed effectively by Sonoclot®-guided blood transfusion

Abstract A 71-year-old woman was transported to our hospital due to traumatic bleeding, and an operation was immediately performed for achieving hemostasis. We decided to perform Sonoclot®-guided blood transfusion. When Sonoclot signatures had returned normal values, further bleeding did not occur....

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Main Authors: Mitsutaka Edanaga, Tomoe Hoshi, Ryu Azumaguchi, Michiaki Yamakage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-08-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Traumatic bleeding
Conventional blood coagulation test
Sonoclot® analyzer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-016-0042-9

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