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Fluids, Blood Substitutes, and New Tools

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Hemorrhage following trauma is one of the most common causes of trauma-related death, second only to head injury. It also is the most common cause of shock in the traumatically injured patient. While intravenous (IV) fluid is an important piece in the management of the patient after trauma, control of the source of hemorrhage is vital to patient survival. Understanding the body’s response to volume depletion is key to determining the timing, type, and volume of fluid that each patient may require for resuscitation. Knowing the physiology of volume depletion as it relates to the depth of hemorrhagic shock and the body’s capacity to shift fluid from different compartments is necessary to patient survival.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA

    Lara Senekjian

  2. Section of Burns/Trauma/Critical Care, University of Utah, 50 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA

    Ram Nirula

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  1. Professor of Surgery Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA

    George C. Velmahos

  2. Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Milpark Hospital Academic Trauma Centre and Leratong Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Elias Degiannis

  3. Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Dietrich Doll

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Senekjian, L., Nirula, R. (2017). Fluids, Blood Substitutes, and New Tools. In: Velmahos, G., Degiannis, E., Doll, D. (eds) Penetrating Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49859-0_10

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