The RDH Bandage: Hemostasis and survival in a lethal aortotomy hemorrhage model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Vournakis, John N ^a   Demcheva, Marina ^a   Whitson, Anne B ^a   Finkielsztein, Sergio ^a   Connolly, Raymond J ^a,b  

^a Marine Polymer Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Battlefield wound dressing; Hemorrhage; Polysaccharide; Severe trauma; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLEEDING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEMOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SWINE;

EID: 0043237350     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00161-6     Document Type: Article

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