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A Sterile Elastic Exsanguination Tourniquet is Effective in Preventing Blood Loss during Hemodialysis Access Surgery

PURPOSE: We report the first use of a sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet (SET) in performing hemodialysis vascular access procedures in 27 patients. The main advantages of this tourniquet are the reduction of blood loss and need for possible transfusions. Additional benefits are the near-perf...

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Autores principales: Ladenheim, Eric, Krauthammer, Juergen, Agrawal, Siddartha, Lum, Craig, Chadwick, Nathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23080335
http://dx.doi.org/10.5301/jva.5000107