Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
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Overview of Agents Used for Emergency Haemostasis
Haemorrhagic shock remains the second most prevalent cause of mortality in civilian trauma. Coagulopathy, hypothermia, infection and multiple organ failure are potential complications resulting from severe blood loss. Source: Trauma Mon. 2016 February; 21(1): e26023. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.26023
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Arrest of Liver Haemorrhage Secondary to Percutaneous Liver Biopsy of a Haemangioma with Fibrin Glue
Haemorrhage resulting from blank and penetrating injury to the liver remains a difficult therapeutic problem. Packing of the peri-hepatic spaces to control bleeding has been well documented, as has the use of finger fracture techniques in hepatic trauma to allow vessel litigation in the haemodynamically stable patient. Source: HPB 2002, Volume 4, Number 4 175–177 doi: 10.1080/13651820260503837
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Use of local pro-coagulant haemostatic agents for intra-cavity control of haemorrhage after trauma
Uncontrolled haemorrhage as a result of trauma accounts for approximately 25–40 % of trauma-related mortality. In certain cases simple packing may not always be sufficient to control bleeding, especially in coagulopathic patients. Source: Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg . 2015 Oct;41(5):493-500
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