Uncontrollable bleeding under tourniquet

Historical review of emergency tourniquet use to stop bleeding.

BACKGROUND Although a common first aid topic, emergency tourniquets to stop bleeding are controversial because there is little experience on which to guide use. Absent an adequate historical analysis, we have researched development of emergency tourniquets from antiquity to the present. METHODS We selected sources emphasizing historical development of tourniquets from books and databases such...

Behavior under uncontrollable stress in Drosophila melanogaster – Learned Helplessness revisited

Oxidative stress in bilateral total knee replacement, under ischaemic tourniquet.

Free radicals, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are released abruptly after deflation of an ischaemic tourniquet, cause reperfusion injuries. Ischaemic precondition (IPC), however, can reduce the injury. In clinical practice, the sequential application and release of tourniquets is often used in bilateral total knee replacement (TKR) to obtain a clearer operative field, but the effec...

Perineural pressures under the pneumatic tourniquet in the upper extremity.

The literature indicates that tourniquet-induced neurological injuries are relatively common and frequently occur at a subclinical level. In order to evaluate the pressure transmitted to the major peripheral nerves of the arm by an externally applied pneumatic tourniquet, a fully implantable biomedical pressure transducer was placed adjacent the radial, median and ulnar nerves in six cadaver up...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt performed in a 2-year-old infant with uncontrollable intestinal bleeding.

Although transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is widely accepted in adults, there have been few successful reports in infants. The authors describe a 2-year-old boy with postoperative biliary atresia who underwent TIPS for uncontrollable lower intestinal bleeding and achieved hemostasis. Massive melena developed, which was not controlled by conservative therapy and devasculariza...