Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness

Hemorrhagic shock is a potentially devastating surgical condition that can present unexpectedly. This original case report involves a 57-year-old man who experienced unexpected significant blood loss as a result of iatrogenic injury to the pulmonary artery during a video-assisted thorascopic surgery...

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Autores principales: Keyes, Brian, Giles, Erin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721325
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1357
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description Hemorrhagic shock is a potentially devastating surgical condition that can present unexpectedly. This original case report involves a 57-year-old man who experienced unexpected significant blood loss as a result of iatrogenic injury to the pulmonary artery during a video-assisted thorascopic surgery. This case highlights the importance of preparedness and massive transfusion protocols in responding to intraoperative crises of this nature.
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spelling pubmed-55109812017-07-18 Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness Keyes, Brian Giles, Erin Cureus Neurosurgery Hemorrhagic shock is a potentially devastating surgical condition that can present unexpectedly. This original case report involves a 57-year-old man who experienced unexpected significant blood loss as a result of iatrogenic injury to the pulmonary artery during a video-assisted thorascopic surgery. This case highlights the importance of preparedness and massive transfusion protocols in responding to intraoperative crises of this nature. Cureus 2017-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5510981/ /pubmed/28721325 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1357 Text en Copyright © 2017, Keyes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness
title_full Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness
title_fullStr Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness
title_full_unstemmed Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness
title_short Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Injury During a Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery: The Importance of Protocols and Preparedness
title_sort massive intraoperative blood loss secondary to pulmonary artery injury during a video-assisted thorascopic surgery: the importance of protocols and preparedness
topic Neurosurgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510981/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1357
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