HYPOTHESIS Rewarming the body to 37 degrees C during resuscitation following trauma-hemorrhage has salutary effects on cardiovascular and hepatocellular functions. DESIGN, INTERVENTIONS, AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Male rats underwent laparotomy (trauma induced) and were then bled to and maintained at a mean arterial pressure of 40 mm Hg until 40% of the maximum shed blood volume was returned i...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to explore the resuscitative effect of small-volume resuscitation on uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock in emergency. METHODS In this study, the resuscitative effects in 200 trauma patients with uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock in emergency were studied. Half of these patients were infused with hypertonic/hyperoncotic fluid (small-volume resuscitatio...

Patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may rarely experience resuscitation-induced consciousness (CPRIC), manifesting as body movements, eye-opening, or even awareness. We present a case report of 55-year-old male patient who experienced CPRIC but did not survive despite resuscitative measures. The suffered sudden cardiac arrest and received early initiation CPR. However, posed ...