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Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport
Trauma and bleeding are associated with a high mortality, and most of these deaths occur early after injury. Viscoelastic haemostatic tests have gained increasing importance in goal-directed transfusion and bleeding management. A new generation of small-sized and thus portable ultrasound-based visco...
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author | Zipperle, Johannes Ziegler, Bernhard Schöchl, Herbert Voelckel, Wolfgang Schlimp, Christoph J. Oberladstätter, Daniel |
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description | Trauma and bleeding are associated with a high mortality, and most of these deaths occur early after injury. Viscoelastic haemostatic tests have gained increasing importance in goal-directed transfusion and bleeding management. A new generation of small-sized and thus portable ultrasound-based viscoelastic analysers have been introduced in clinical practice. We questioned whether a promising candidate can be used in emergency helicopters, with a focus on the susceptibility to vibration stress. We investigated whether the high vibration environment of an emergency helicopter would affect the operability of an ultrasound-based viscoelastic analyser and would yield reproducible results in flight and on the ground. We drew blood from 27 healthy volunteers and performed simultaneous analyses on two TEG 6s. Each measurement was performed in-flight on board an Airbus H135 emergency helicopter and was repeated on the ground, close to the flight area. Results from both measurements were compared, and the recorded tracings and numeric results were analysed for artifacts. Vibratometric measurements were performed throughout the flight in order to quantify changes in the magnitude and character of vibrations in different phases of helicopter operation. The high vibration environment was associated with the presence of artifacts in all recorded tracings. There were significant differences in citrated Kaolin + Heparinase measurements in-flight and on the ground. All other assays increased in variability but did not show significant differences between the two time points. We observed numerous artifacts in viscoelastic measurements that were performed in flight. Some parameters that were obtained from the same sample showed significant differences between in-flight and on-ground measurements. Performing resonance-based viscoelastic tests in helicopter medical service is prone to artifacts. However, a 10 min delay between initiation of measurement and take-off might produce more reliable results. |
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spelling | pubmed-92671522022-07-09 Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport Zipperle, Johannes Ziegler, Bernhard Schöchl, Herbert Voelckel, Wolfgang Schlimp, Christoph J. Oberladstätter, Daniel J Clin Med Article Trauma and bleeding are associated with a high mortality, and most of these deaths occur early after injury. Viscoelastic haemostatic tests have gained increasing importance in goal-directed transfusion and bleeding management. A new generation of small-sized and thus portable ultrasound-based viscoelastic analysers have been introduced in clinical practice. We questioned whether a promising candidate can be used in emergency helicopters, with a focus on the susceptibility to vibration stress. We investigated whether the high vibration environment of an emergency helicopter would affect the operability of an ultrasound-based viscoelastic analyser and would yield reproducible results in flight and on the ground. We drew blood from 27 healthy volunteers and performed simultaneous analyses on two TEG 6s. Each measurement was performed in-flight on board an Airbus H135 emergency helicopter and was repeated on the ground, close to the flight area. Results from both measurements were compared, and the recorded tracings and numeric results were analysed for artifacts. Vibratometric measurements were performed throughout the flight in order to quantify changes in the magnitude and character of vibrations in different phases of helicopter operation. The high vibration environment was associated with the presence of artifacts in all recorded tracings. There were significant differences in citrated Kaolin + Heparinase measurements in-flight and on the ground. All other assays increased in variability but did not show significant differences between the two time points. We observed numerous artifacts in viscoelastic measurements that were performed in flight. Some parameters that were obtained from the same sample showed significant differences between in-flight and on-ground measurements. Performing resonance-based viscoelastic tests in helicopter medical service is prone to artifacts. However, a 10 min delay between initiation of measurement and take-off might produce more reliable results. MDPI 2022-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9267152/ /pubmed/35806917 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11133630 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zipperle, Johannes Ziegler, Bernhard Schöchl, Herbert Voelckel, Wolfgang Schlimp, Christoph J. Oberladstätter, Daniel Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title | Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title_full | Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title_fullStr | Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title_full_unstemmed | Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title_short | Operability of a Resonance-Based Viscoelastic Haemostatic Analyzer in the High-Vibration Environment of Air Medical Transport |
title_sort | operability of a resonance-based viscoelastic haemostatic analyzer in the high-vibration environment of air medical transport |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9267152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35806917 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11133630 |
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