title: Emergency department autotransfusion for trauma victims.
abstract: In the initial treatment of serious trauma victims, a valuable source of blood is often overlooked: the patient's own blood, shed into the chest cavity as a result of blunt or penetrating injury. This blood can often be salvaged and made available for immediate reinfusion as an autologous whole blood transfusion, or autotransfusion. In the past decade, clinical experience in many hospitals has confirmed the safety of this method, and a commercial system suitable for use in the emergency department is now available.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001900:Boston; D002951:Citrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000628:therapy; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000628:therapy; D013396:Suction; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D014193:Trauma Centers
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000925:Anticoagulants; D002951:Citrates; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; C007077:citrate phosphate dextrose; D005947:Glucose