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Hydroxyethyl Starches in the Perioperative Period. A review on the efficacy and safety of starch solutions Ghuselings I et All. Acta Anaesth. Belg., 2014, 65, 9-22 Several randomized controlled trials have raised alarming concerns about the safety of hydroxyethyl starches (HES) for the hemodynamic stabilization of critically ill patients . It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the use of HES in patients treated in an intensive care unit was associated with an increased occurrence of serious adverse events, including a higher incidence of renal injury or failure , a...

No slackers in  tourniquet  use to stop bleeding Polston RW et Al.  J Spec Oper Med. 2013 Summer;13(2):12-9.   La performance d'un garrot tient pour beaucoup à la manière dont il va être posé. Le garrot en dotation comporte un dispositif de serrage de type tourniquet. L'efficacité de ce dispositif est en grande partie liée à l'absence de jeu au niveau de la sangle du garrot...

Emergency  tourniquet  effectiveness in four positions on the proximal thigh. Kragh JF et Al.  J Spec Oper Med.  2014 Spring;14(1):26-9.   La procédure du sauvetage au combat précise...

Testing of junctional  tourniquets  by military medics to control simulated groin hemorrhage. Kragh JF et Al.  J Spec Oper Med.  2014 Fall;14(3):58-63.   Ce qui est certain,...

Tuning Ligand Density on Intravenous Hemostatic Nanoparticles Dramatically Increases Survival Following Blunt Trauma Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 15;111 (28) 10293-10298 Des...