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Therapy in the ICU: Practical Management Consideration

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Therapy in the ICU: Practical Management Consideration

html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”en”> Antithrombotic Therapy in the ICU: Practical Management Considerations William E. Dager, PharmD, BCPS (AQ Cardiology), FCSHP, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP Objectives Explore challenges in using anticoagulants in critically…

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ScvO2 as an Alternative Transfusion Trigger

Nov 5, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on ScvO2 as an Alternative Transfusion Trigger

DO2, oxygen delivery; SV, stroke volume; HR, heart rate; Hb, haemoglobin; SaO2, arterial haemoglobin oxygen saturation; PaO2, arterial oxygen partial pressure; CO, cardiac output; CaO2, arterial oxygen content; VO2, oxygen…

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Massive Transfusion in Trauma

Nov 5, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Massive Transfusion in Trauma

Fig. 11.1 The conventional concept of traumatic coagulopathy as a secondary process 11.3 Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy The first landmark report of the existence of acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) was in…

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Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Nov 5, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Fig. 12.1 Schematic representation of the coagulation cascade demonstrating the interplay between coagulation, anticoagulation, clot formation and fibrinolysis. Grey boxes with red text indicate which components of the cascade are…

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