Estimating Blood Loss from Field Dressings

Purpose: To estimate the blood loss in a trauma patient based on analysis of a field dressing.

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Evaluation

Are you trying to estimate blood loss from a blood soaked field dressing?

Yes

Can the field dressing be weighed?

Yes

Weight of unused dressing

Weight of blood soaked dressing

Length of blood stain

Width of blood stain

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Weight of blood in field dressing

Estimated blood loss from weight

Area of blood stain

Estimate of blood volume using fitted line

Estimate of blood volume based on the proportionate method

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Other Testing
- Method for Estimating Blood Loss with Severe Trauma
- Indications for Transfusion Protocol for Civilian Torso Gunshot Wounds
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Predicting Need for Allogenic Blood Transfusion Following Surgery for Lung Cancer

Therapy

Options
- Transfusion Planning Algorithm of Weber in Surgical Patients with Cancer of the Head and Neck (TPRA Model)
Selection
Dosage Calculations
- Calculating the Blood Transfusion Requirement for a Patient with Chronic, Transfusion-Dependent Anemia
- Method for Estimating Blood Loss with Severe Trauma

Monitoring

Complication Detection
- Risk Index of McCluskey et al for Predicting Massive Blood Transfusion Associated with Liver Transplant Surgery

Specialty

Clinical Laboratory
Surgery, general
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care

Objective

other testing
dosage calculations

ICD-10

T79-T79 - Certain early complications of trauma

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Purpose: To estimate the blood loss in a trauma patient based on analysis of a field dressing.

Specialty: Clinical Laboratory, Surgery, general, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Objective: other testing, dosage calculations

ICD-10: T79-T79,

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