Open AccessThe effects of blood pressure on rebleeding when using ExcelArrest™ in a porcine model of lethal femoral injury
Author(s) -
HaYong Hirst,
John Brinkman,
Amy Beasley,
Richard L. Crocker,
Joseph O’Sullivan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.82207
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure
Uncontrolled hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of death in both combat and civilian trauma. This study was designed to compare the arterial blood pressures at which rebleeding occurred when a hemostatic agent, ExcelArrest™, was used compared with a standard pressure dressing.