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Damage Control
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Damage Control
Surgery The immediate closure of a surgical field in a multitrauma patient after the major vascular injuries and other sources of life-threatening bleeding have been repaired; the patient is returned to the OR for definitive surgical repair after the physiologic derangements of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy have been corrected in the SICU
Vox populi Any activity that ameliorates the effects of prior poor performance
damage control
Vox populi Any activity that ameliorates the effects of prior poor performance, a blot on one's record, or foot-in-mouth syndrome
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Levine of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick subjected mice of various ages to strong doses of gamma radiation, which triggered the gene's damage-control response.
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The rapid-response team from the medical department and damage-control division quickly assessed the scene and provided critical information on how to proceed with the rescue.
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Key Words: bleeding, packing, penetrating, thoracic, trauma ********** Packing as a component of damage-control in the practice of trauma surgery has become a well-accepted strategy for controlling hemorrhage.
Thoracic packing for uncontrolled bleeding in penetrating thoracic ... by Steeb, Glenn / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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