|
|
Article: Epinephrine safe for hemostasis during burn surgery.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 9, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
2003 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epinephrine is safe for use to reduce blood loss during surgical burn treatment.
"Although subcutaneous and topical epinephrine are widely used for hemostasis during burn surgery, the acute systemic cardiovascular effects of the epinephrine are neither well documented nor completely understood," researchers in Canada noted.
In a prospective study, R. Cartotto and colleagues at Sunnybrook and Women's College in Toronto examined "the acute cardiovascular responses to epinephrine (epi) administered subcutaneously and topically during burn surgery."
"Consecutive patients who received subcutaneous and topical ...