Ali Algadiem Emran, Aleisa Abdulmohsen Ali, Alsubaie Huda Ibrahim, Buhlaiqah Noora Radhi, Algadeeb Jihad Bagir, Alsneini Hussain Ali
Saudi Board Resident of Plastic Surgery, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Board of General Surgery, Consultant General Surgery, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Trauma Mon. 2016 May 3;21(2):e34131. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.34131. eCollection 2016 May.
Estimating intraoperative blood loss can be a difficult task, especially when blood is mostly absorbed by gauze. In this study, we have provided an improved method for estimating blood absorbed by gauze.
To develop a guide to estimate blood absorbed by surgical gauze.
A clinical experiment was conducted using aspirated blood and common surgical gauze to create a realistic amount of absorbed blood in the gauze. Different percentages of staining were photographed to create an analogue for the amount of blood absorbed by the gauze.
A visual analogue scale was created to aid the estimation of blood absorbed by the gauze. The absorptive capacity of different gauze sizes was determined when the gauze was dripping with blood. The amount of reduction in absorption was also determined when the gauze was wetted with normal saline before use.
The use of a visual analogue may increase the accuracy of blood loss estimation and decrease the consequences related to over or underestimation of blood loss.
估计术中失血量可能是一项艰巨的任务，尤其是当血液大多被纱布吸收时。在本研究中，我们提供了一种改进的方法来估计被纱布吸收的血液量。
制定一份估计手术纱布吸收血液量的指南。
使用抽吸的血液和普通手术纱布进行一项临床实验，在纱布中制造出实际的吸收血液量。拍摄不同染色百分比的照片，以创建纱布吸收血液量的模拟物。
创建了一个视觉模拟量表，以帮助估计纱布吸收的血液量。确定了不同尺寸的纱布在滴血时的吸收能力。还确定了在使用前用生理盐水湿润纱布时吸收量的减少情况。
使用视觉模拟量表可能会提高失血量估计的准确性，并减少因失血量估计过高或过低而产生的后果。
