TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Blood, balloons, and blades: state of the art trauma resuscitation JO - American journal of surgery A1 - Moore, Laura J. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Traumatic injury remains the leading cause of death in patients 45 and younger. State of the art trauma care requires rapid interventions to provide hemodynamic support en route to definitive hemostasis. This article will review three critical elements in management of the bleeding trauma patient: blood products, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA), and the trauma hybrid operating room (THOR).
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LA - en SN - 0002-9610 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.033 ID - ref1 ER -