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exsanguination /ex·san·gui·na·tion/ (ek-sang″gwin-a´shun) extensive loss of blood due to internal or external hemorrhage. exsanguination [eksang′gwinā′shən] a loss of blood. exsanguination extensive blood loss due to internal or external hemorrhage. exsanguination Trauma surgery A condition that is “…the most extreme form of hemorrhage, with an initial blood loss of > 40% and ongoing bleeding which, if not surgically controlled, will lead to death.” See Salvage
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Injured bats and those that had clinical signs and symptoms were euthanized under sedation by exsanguination. Twenty-four hours after instillation, mice were anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of a mixture of xylazine and ketamine and killed by exsanguination. Complications of descending necrotizing mediastinitis include compromise of pulmonary function by pleural and extrapleural effusion, exsanguination from vessel erosion, cranial nerve palsies (in nerves IX, X, and XII), epidermal abscess, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and multiorgan failure. |
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