Browsing by Subject "Blood Loss, Surgical"
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Noninvasive monitoring of tissue hemoglobin using UV-VIS diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: a pilot study.
(Opt Express, 2009-12-21)We conducted a pilot study on 10 patients undergoing general surgery to test the feasibility of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the visible wavelength range as a noninvasive monitoring tool for blood loss during surgery. ... -
Prothrombin Complex Concentrates for Bleeding in the Perioperative Setting.
(Anesth Analg, 2016-05)Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) contain vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (II, VII, IX, and X) and are marketed as 3 or 4 factor-PCC formulations depending on the concentrations of factor VII. PCCs rapidly restore ... -
Surgical Procedure Characteristics and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposure.
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2016-01)OBJECTIVE To use a unique multicomponent administrative data set assembled at a large academic teaching hospital to examine the risk of percutaneous blood and body fluid (BBF) exposures occurring in operating rooms. DESIGN ...