The utility of an autologous blood salvage system in emergency thoracotomy for a hemothorax after chest trauma

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 222-225

  Kamiyoshihara, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ibe, Takashi ^a   Takeyoshi, Izumi ^b  

^a MAEBASHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autologous transfusion; Cell salvage; Emergency thoracotomy; Massive hemothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; STAB WOUND; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 43549113837     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-007-0219-2     Document Type: Article

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