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Cardiac arrest after tourniquet deflation in upper limb

Pneumatic tourniquet is a technique widely used in orthopedic surgery, in particular, for reducing intraoperative bleeding and facilitation of surgery. That said, it may cause local and systemic complications which can be life-threatening. The description of this kind of complications is usually mad...

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Autores principales: Zarrouki, Y., Abouelhassan, T., Samkaoui, M.A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30014023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2017.01.001