Wunderlich syndrome is a rare and life-threatening disease characterized by nontraumatic renal hemorrhage in the subscapular and perinephritic space. It is a very rare clinical entity in pregnancy and so far there is no clear guidance on how to manage this condition during pregnancy. We report the case o...
Abstract Hemorrhagic shock and its complications are a major cause of death among trauma patients. The management of hemorrhagic shock using a damage control resuscitation strategy has been shown to decrease mortality and improve patient outcomes. One of the components of damage control resuscitation is ...
In the world, traumatic pathology continues to be a problem of great magnitude, from the point of view of public health. Today, the volumemic resuscitation in hypovolemic hemorrhagic shock is still controversial; a new alternative in volemic resuscitation is the hemostatic resuscitation that consists of ...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Aneurysms of the gastroepiploic arteries are seen only rarely. They are usually diagnosed during autopsy or laparotomy in patients with hemodynamic instability. Although the operation to treat this condition is relatively easy, delay in making the diagnosis affects the course of the di...
Trauma is one of the world's leading causes of death within the first 40 years of life and thus a significant health problem. Trauma accounts for nearly a third of the lost years of productive life before 65 years of age and is associated with infection, hemorrhagic shock, reperfusion syndrome, and infla...
La exanguinación es uno de los motivos fundamentales de fallecimiento en las primeras horas después de un trauma. Los mecanismos fisiopatológicos que contribuyen a la pérdida sanguínea traumática son complejos. Estos pacientes se presentan con severas anormalidades metabólicas, entre las cuales la...
Objectives: To determine oxygen derived parameters, hemodynamic and biochemical laboratory data (2,3 Diphosphoglycerate, lactate and blood gases analysis) in patients after cardiac surgery who received massive blood replacement. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Heart Institute (Instituto do Coraçao),...
