Managing exsanguination: what we know about damage control/bailout is not enough

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033-4225, USA. asensio@hsc.usc.edu

Juan A Asensio et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2003 Jul.

. 2003 Jul;16(3):294-6.

doi: 10.1080/08998280.2003.11927917.

¹ Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033-4225, USA. asensio@hsc.usc.edu

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