Transfusion therapy in emergency and critical care medicine.
The administration of blood or its components can provide the life-saving element for a critically ill small animal patient. Shock from acute massive hemorrhage produces catastrophic cardiovascular changes requiring rapid, accurate resuscitation techniques for survival. Bleeding that occurs more slowly allows for the opportunity to discover and treat the inciting cause and to administer specific blood component.
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Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care, Animal Emergency Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
D000818:Animals; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D003422:Critical Care; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004630:Emergencies / Q000662:veterinary; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*