Haemorrhage Flashcards
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What’s the classification of haemorrhage?
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- Immediate (primary)
- Reactionary (<48 hrs)
- Delayed (secondary)
2
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What’s the aetiology of haemorrhage? (surgical sieve)
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Developmental/Inherited Traumatic Iatrogenic Infective Neoplastic Pathogenic Drugs
3
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What are the developmental/inherited causes?
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Haemophilia A Haemophilia B (Christmas disease) Von Willebrands disease Hereditary haemorrhagic telangectasia Haemangioma
4
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What are the clinical signs of blood loss?
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Increased heart rate
Decreased B.P.
Cold pale extremities
5
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What are the local treatments?
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Pressure,Time,Elevation L.A. with adrenaline vasoconstrictor Pack - active (surgicel) - passive (gauze, acrylic splint) Suture / Ligate - Local / Distant Diathermy - electrocoagulation Bone - reduce #s, compression, bone wax
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What are the systemic treatments?
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Monitor vital signs Consider fluid replacement Consider analgesia Consider therapeutics - F.F.P. Clotting factors: - Tranexamic acid - Desmopressin - Vit. K Consider antibiotic s
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