World War I and the Origins of Blood Transfusion for the Trauma Patient.

Autor: Danford JR 3rd; School of Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Military medicine [Mil Med] 2024 Nov 05; Vol. 189 (11-12), pp. 287-289.
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usad483
Abstrakt: The use of blood transfusion to treat hemorrhagic shock is a relatively new treatment with its origins in World War I. Due to the severity and nature of injuries seen, World War I provided the stimulus to propel medicine forward and accept whole blood transfusion for the trauma patient.
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Databáze: MEDLINE