1. Implementación de balón de resucitación aórtico endovascular (REBOA) para el control de hemorragia no compresible de torso.
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Ramos P., Juan Pablo, U., Javier Vela, A., Analia Zinco, T., Pablo Achurra, Varas, Julián, and L., Pablo Ottolino
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Introduction: Non-compressible torso hemorrhage currently has a high morbidity and mortality even in the most specialized referral centers. REBOA is an emerging tool that is used as early hemostatic control in this type of patient. Clinical Case: We present the case of a 25-year-old female patient who suffers severe pelvic trauma after falling from a height. He was admitted hemodynamically unstable, for which a massive transfusion protocol was activated and a right common femoral arterial access was performed. After presenting a transient response to resuscitation, a REBOA balloon was installed in zone 3, increasing systolic pressure up to 130 mmHg, later transferring to the operating room. Preperitoneal pelvic packing and external fixation were performed, deflating the balloon after 29 minutes in zone 3. The patient left the intensive care unit without vasoactive drugs, to complete surgery 48 hours later and definitive fixation 6 days later. The patient evolves in good general condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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