The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2018
Extending the golden hour for Zone 1 resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: Improved survival and reperfusion injury with intermittent versus continuous resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta of the aorta in a porcine severe truncal hemorrhage model.
Noncompressible hemorrhage can be controlled using resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). Prolonged ischemia limits REBOA application during Zone 1 deployment. Intermittent inflation/deflation may effectively mitigate this problem. ⋯ Intermittent REBOA can maintain supraceliac hemorrhage control while decreasing distal ischemia in a swine model. Prolonged survival times, decreased acidosis, and lower resuscitation requirements indicate that this technique could potentially extend Zone 1 REBOA deployment times. Schedules based on MAP may be superior to time-based regimens.
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2018
Left ventricular compressions improve return of spontaneous circulation and hemodynamics in a swine model of traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest.
Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including closed chest compressions, has commonly been considered ineffective in traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA) because traditional chest compressions do not produce substantial cardiac output. However, recent evidence suggests that chest compressions located over the left ventricle (LV) produce greater hemodynamics when compared to traditional compressions. We hypothesized that chest compressions located directly over the LV would improve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and hemodynamics when compared with traditional chest compressions, in a swine model of TCPA. ⋯ In our swine model of TCPA, chest compressions performed directly over the LV improved ROSC and hemodynamics when compared with traditional chest compressions.
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2018
The epidemiology of emergency department thoracotomy in a statewide trauma system: Does center volume matter?
The relationship between high volume and improved outcomes has been described for a host of elective high-impact, low-frequency procedures, but there are little data to support such a relationship in high-impact low-frequency procedures in trauma. Using emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) as a model, we hypothesized that patients presenting to centers with higher institutional volumes of EDT would have improved survival referent to those presenting to lower volume institutions. ⋯ Prognostic/Epidemiological, level III; Therapeutic, level IV.