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Can latent heat safely warm blood? – in vitro testing of a portable prototype blood warmer
BACKGROUND: Trauma/retrieval patients are often in shock and hypothermic. Treatment of such patients usually involves restoring their blood volume with transfusion of blood (stored at 2°C – 6°C) and/or crystalloids or colloids (stored at ambient temperature). Rapid infusion of these cold fluids can...
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BioMed Central
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1988795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-7-8 |