Case Your patient is bleeding. A lot. Their vital signs are abnormal. They look very sick. (I am being intentionally vague, because the post is going to look at massive hemorrhage in general, rather than getting into the specifics of any one condition.) This post is a condensed clinical summary […]
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In the massive hemorrhage deep dive, I mentioned that there were a number of large trials in the works that would further define practice. One of those trials – CRYOSTAT-2 – was just published, and adds important information about the role of empiric fibrinogen administration (in the form of cryoprecipitate) […]
Transfusion seems like the simplest intervention in medicine. The patient is losing blood, so let’s put some back in. Not much more complicated than an oil change. Sure, you need to use a specific brand, but as long as the system is topped up, everything should run just fine. Therefore, […]