Well Blog: Blood Levels of Trans Fats Are Declining in Americans
A new report shows that since 2000, levels of trans fats in Americans' bloodstreams have plummeted nearly 60 percent. (Source: NYT Health)
Coagulation disorders and blood product use in patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Authors: Cin#xE0; CS, Clase CM
Repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) is associated with major blood loss, often exceeding the patient's intravascular volume, and complex intraoperative and postoperative coagulopathies necessitating large-volume transfusion of blood products. Abnormalities sufficient to cause thrombocytopenia or clinically important prolongation of clotting parameters are rarely present before surgery in elective aneurysms but are more common with ruptured aneurysms. The finding of intraoperative and postoperative deficiencies of clotting factors, along with thrombin generation and activation of the thrombolytic system, is reflective of massive blood losses, visceral ischemia, and massive transfusions. An aggressive strategy of transfusion of blood product...
