Hyperpressure Intraperitoneal Fluid Administration for Control of Bleeding after Liver Injury
Published in Journal of Surgical Research
Background Acute hemorrhage is the principal cause of death in trauma patients, with most fatalities occurring during the pre-hospital phase. Recently, intra-abdominal insufflation by carbon dioxide has been shown to drastically reduce bleeding in vascular and splanchnic hemorrhagic animal models simulating the pre-hospital phase. Here, we propose...