Abstract
Trauma ist the leading cause of mortality in young adults. Death occurs most often as a result of either brain injury or hemorrhage [1]. Hemorrhage remains a problem because it is impossible for medical personnel to infuse adequate volumes of fluid through the peripheral venous catheters that are mandated by the intensely vasoconstricted veins of the patient in traumatic shock [2, 3]. An intravenous fluid that could achieve resuscitation with small volumes would solve this problem.
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Vassar, M.J., Perry, C.A., Holcroft, J.W. (1988). 7.5% NaCl/Dextran 70 Solution in the Prehospital Care of the Trauma Patient. In: Peter, K., Groh, J. (eds) ZAK München 1987. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin / Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 205. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73785-5_3
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