The potential benefit of a hybrid operating environment among severely injured patients with persistent hemorrhage: How often could we get it right?

• Published in: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Vol. 80; no. 3; p. 457
• Main Authors: Fehr, Adam, Beveridge, Julie, DʼAmours, Scott D, Kirkpatrick, Andrew W, Ball, Chad G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Angiography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Hemorrhage - etiology; Hemorrhage - surgery; Hemostasis, Surgical - methods; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Male; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Wounds and Injuries - complications; Wounds and Injuries - diagnosis; Wounds and Injuries - surgery

Selecting the appropriate initial destination (operating theater [OR], angiography suite, or intensive care unit [ICU]) in persistently hypotensive injured patients can be extremely challenging. The purpose of this study was to define the flow, interventions, and outcomes of these patients. All pers...