Role of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Trauma

Abstract

Monitoring for acute blood loss is critical in surgical patients, and delays in identifying hemorrhage can result in poor outcomes. The current standard of care for monitoring patients at risk for bleeding is serial measurement of hemoglobin (Hgb) by standard laboratory complete blood count. Point-of-care testing (i.e., iSTAT ) can be a rapid method of evaluating Hgb, and spectrophotometry-based devices (i.e., Radical-7 ) offer the advantages of being continuous and noninvasive. We sought to evaluate the accuracy of Radical-7 and iSTAT in measuring Hgb and assessing for blood loss when compared to gold standard complete blood count.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2015
Accession Number
ADA615160

Entities

People

  • Betty J. Tsuei
  • Dennis J. Hanseman
  • Michael J. Blakeman
  • Richard D Branson
  • Sung H. Yang
  • Thomas C Blakeman
  • Travis W. Gerlach

Organizations

  • Air Force Center For Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • African Americans
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Blood
  • Blood Counts
  • Blood Transfusions
  • Detectors
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hemoglobin
  • Hemorrhage
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Testing
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.