Tourniquets

Devices for the compression of a blood vessel by application around an extremity to control the circulation and prevent the flow of blood to or from the distal area. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

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Networked: 2277 relevant articles (107 outcomes, 247 trials/studies)

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Experts

1.	Kragh, John F: 28 articles (09/2015 - 04/2007)
2.	Baer, David G: 22 articles (09/2015 - 10/2005)
3.	Walters, Thomas J: 21 articles (10/2015 - 09/2005)
4.	Dubick, Michael A: 18 articles (10/2015 - 06/2006)
5.	Holcomb, John B: 16 articles (10/2015 - 10/2005)
6.	Wade, Charles E: 10 articles (10/2015 - 06/2007)
7.	Aden, James K: 10 articles (09/2015 - 12/2012)
8.	Blackbourne, Lorne H: 10 articles (04/2015 - 01/2008)
9.	Butler, Frank K: 6 articles (09/2015 - 06/2007)
10.	Mabry, Robert L: 6 articles (01/2015 - 09/2005)

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches) 11/01/1997 - "Therapy was considered successful if significant reduction of pain and tenderness was noted after tourniquet release. " 12/01/1990 - "There was significant pain relief in all three groups at 30 min. There were no significant differences among the three groups in the degree of pain relief, the number of patients obtaining pain relief in the 30 min after the block, or the number of patients reporting more than 50% pain relief for more than 24 hr. The saline group's high rate of pain relief could be partially due to a mechanism of tourniquet-induced analgesia." 07/01/2005 - "The dorsal plate group also showed statistically significant higher levels of pain, weaker grip strength, and longer surgical and tourniquet times. " 09/01/1987 - "Finally, the human studies indicated that DMPEA antagonized pain (measured with the submaximum effort tourniquet technique), but did not affect adversely and even improved attention and short-term memory; it had no effect on the long-term memory. " 01/01/2014 - "However, doing the surgery without a tourniquet may reduce muscle damage, post-surgery pain and led to improved functional rehabilitation and mobilization. "
2.	Hemorrhage 01/01/2009 - "From the results, it is concluded that the Emergency Bandage pressure bar is very effective in elevating the applied pressure directly under the pressure bar while at the same time not applying unnecessary pressure over other areas covered by the bandage, which allows control of hemorrhage at the site of injury (under the pressure bar area) without having to have a full tourniquet effect. " 01/01/2014 - "is (1) a Food and Drug Administration?cleared device that is currently indicated for pelvic, inguinal, and axillary bleeding; (2) the only junctional tourniquet with an indication for pelvic bleeding; (3) the only junctional tourniquet reported with a successful axillary use; and (4) effective at lower tissue pressures than other junctional tourniquets available. " 11/01/2010 - "However, postoperative visible bleeding (P < 0.05) and occult bleeding (P < 0.05) were significantly greater in the tourniquet group than in the control group. " 03/01/2012 - "A tourniquet is often used in total knee arthroplasty resulting in improved visualization of structures, reduced intraoperative bleeding and better cementation. " 03/01/2005 - "Triple tourniquets are effective in reducing bleeding and transfusion rates. "
3.	Ischemia 09/01/1994 - "Tourniquet-induced ischemia resulted in (a) a marked decrease of functional capillary density and (b) accumulation and adherence of leukocytes in postcapillary venules after 30 min and 2 h of reperfusion. " 01/01/1998 - "The substantial gain in strength and maximal rate of torque development in I-leg demonstrated the efficacy of tourniquet ischemia during low-resistance training of short duration, and suggested the importance of neuromuscular and/or metabolic activity, other than high mechanical stress, to the adapting responses to strength training." 08/01/1990 - "Rapid infusions of isotonic saline solutions over the last five minutes of tourniquet ischemia, aiming at increasing the circulating blood volume of the animals at start of the ischemic leg reperfusion by 2.0, 4.5, and 9.5 ml respectively, or by approximately 10%, 25% and 50%, gave no significant improvement in post-ischemic reperfusion, except in that following 3 hours of leg ischemia and after the two largest volumes. " 01/01/1998 - "To investigate the efficacy of ischemia in strength training with low mechanical stress, tourniquet ischemia was utilized in low-resistance training. " 01/01/1998 - "Efficacy of tourniquet ischemia for strength training with low resistance."
4.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 01/01/2014 - "The current evidences are not enough to indicate that tourniquet release before wound closure is superior to its release after wound closure in cemented TKA." 03/01/2011 - "Increased documentation has revealed that the current conflicts have resulted in more arterial injuries than in previous wars, likely because of improved body armor, improvised explosive device attacks, tourniquet use, and improved medical evacuation time. " 04/01/2015 - "This study was conducted to associate tourniquet use and survival in casualty care over a decade of war in order to provide evidence to emergency medical personnel for the implementation and efficacy of tourniquet use in a large trauma system. " 01/01/2013 - "In our study, we used meta-analysis to study the efficacy of the tourniquet on ankle trauma surgery. " 01/01/2015 - "Retraction note: Meta-analysis on the efficacy of tourniquet on ankle trauma surgery."
5.	Shock 01/01/1992 - "This experimental model was very useful to study the pathogenesis of tourniquet shock with respect to reproducibility, induction of the shock stages and mortality. " 03/01/1964 - "ENHANCED EFFICACY OF PLASMA AFTER AGING IN TREATMENT OF TOURNIQUET SHOCK." 01/01/1962 - "Enhanced efficacy of plasma after aging in the treatment of tourniquet shock." 10/01/1955 - "Protection against tourniquet shock afforded by parabiosis." 03/01/2003 - "Further study is needed to evaluate the role of O(2)(-) produced by constitutive NOS in muscle subjected to I/R in the pathophysiology of tourniquet shock."

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