title: [Pneumatic anti-shock garment use leading to non-visualization of pelvic arterial bleeding on angiography].
abstract: Initial reports of pneumatic anti-shock garment (PASG) in severely hypotensive patients appeared promising. Nevertheless, large-scale studies in prehospital settings have shown no overall reduction in mortality rates among hypotensive patients with application of the PASG. However, in a subsample of patients with blood pressure < or =50 mmHg, PASG seems to be useful to reduce bleeding and improve survival. To our knowledge, our case report is the first which directly showns on angiography the hemostatic effect of PASG on pelvic trauma bleeding. In spite of its possible complications, PASG remains one of the tools of trained trauma teams who regularly treated severe haemorrhagic shock.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, CHU de Bicêtre, assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. christian.laplace@bct.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laplace
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: A-S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rangheard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Menu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duranteau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005676:Gravity Suits; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis; D011859:Radiography