1/5. Intraoperative haemorrhage associated with the use of extract of Saw Palmetto herb: a case report and review of literature.The significant increase in the use of alternative medicine in general and the herbal and dietary supplement in particular represents a challenge to the health care professionals. Because of their unregulated use, physicians are encountering increasing numbers of toxicities and untoward events. We report a case of severe intraoperative haemorrhage in a patient who was taking the herb Saw Palmetto. His bleeding time which was prolonged, normalized few days after he stopped the herb. This case should increase the awareness of physicians to such possible complications and encourage them to enquire thoroughly about the use of any dietary supplement in all their patients.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/5. Successful reversal of deleterious coagulopathy by recombinant factor viia.Effective treatment of severe or uncontrolled bleeding is a challenge for physicians in the operating room and intensive care unit. However, even aggressive conventional therapy may ultimately fail in some patients. Administration of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) may be the only remaining therapeutic option to stop life-threatening coagulopathic bleeding. We here describe the clinical course of 5 patients exhibiting severe continuous bleeding that could not be stopped by surgical intervention and appropriate hemostatic management but resolved after a mean dose of 90 microg/kg of rFVIIa (range, 90-120 microg/kg). Four of the five patients recovered completely, and one patient died after developing sepsis in multiorgan failure. In all patients, bleeding from wound surfaces stopped within minutes of the administration of rFVIIa. Coagulation measurements improved, and transfusion requirements declined considerably. No adverse effects associated with rFVIIa were observed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/5. Tourniquet technique prevents profuse blood loss in placenta accreta cesarean section.AIM: Profuse bleeding in placenta accreta is life-threatening even under well-prepared cesarean sections. methods: We used a tourniquet technique to temporally shut off blood flow through the uterine and ovarian vessels at the level of the uterine cervix. The tourniquet consisted of manual compression followed by a rubber tube. RESULTS: Total blood loss in cesarean section and hysterectomy in the two cases in which we applied this technique was significantly reduced compared with that in the two cases without it. CONCLUSION: This technique not only prevented massive bleeding from the accreted placentation, but also allowed physicians time to consider the necessity of subsequent hysterectomy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/5. Management of a multiply injured Jehovah's Witness with severe acute anemia.The refusal of blood products by jehovah's witnesses creates ethical and medicolegal dilemmas for the treating physician. Appropriate management involves some understanding of the beliefs of the jehovah's witnesses and knowledge of a variety of techniques to minimize blood loss. This case report describes the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness with severe anemia and multiple skeletal injuries. The need to keep blood loss to a minimum influenced the management of this patient.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/5. Uterine packing in the combined management of obstetrical hemorrhage.Uterine packing to control obstetrical hemorrhage has been generally discouraged over the past several decades. Intractable uterine hemorrhage postpartum or following an abortion is an extremely vexing management problem for the physician and continues to be a leading cause of maternal mortality. Uterine packing should be considered as a presurgical management tool after lacerations of the lower genital tract, uterine rupture, or retained products have been ruled out and when conventional therapy fails to control uterine hemorrhage. We describe two obstetrical patients with intractable uterine hemorrhage who were managed with uterine packing in combination with other methods of therapy. Causes of obstetrical hemorrhage and techniques of packing the uterus are discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |