What's the difference between bleeding and tourniquet?
Bleeding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleed
(a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
(n.) A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
(2) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(3) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(4) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(5) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(6) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(7) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
(8) The antibody-hapten profiles revealed that the DNCB-fed animalss contained predominatly IgG2 in their serum by the time of their initial bleedings, whereas sensitized animals still contained a considerable proportion of more acidic antibodies having marked charge heterogeneity.
(9) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
(10) Prolongation of bleeding time did not correlate with degree of thrombocytosis.
(11) A prospective randomized trial involving 64 patients with bleeding peptic ulcers was performed to assess the efficacy of two modalities of injection therapy.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) Following a dosage of 300,000 IU streptokinase the lysis was stopped because of severe bleeding from the urethrotomy scar.
(14) All 15 patients survived, and exploration of the cannulation site for bleeding was required in three patients.
(15) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(16) Early postoperative problems following aorto-ilio-femoral thrombendarterectomy include occlusion, bleeding and emboli.
(17) The use of the first oversulfation method provides slightly oversulfated derivatives which exhibit strong anticoagulant properties and may constitute effective antithrombotic drugs with no bleeding tendency, a side effect perhaps related to a high rate of sulfation.
(18) Mucosal bleeding and megakaryocytic hyperplasia occurred in all patients.
(19) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
(20) A specific central vein catheter for puncture of the brachiocephalic vein has been developed which is provided with a valve by which air-embolism and unwanted bleeding from the catheter are eliminated.
Tourniquet
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(2) Cooling of the necrotic limb with the application of a tourniquet and general nonoperative treatment were conducted in preparation for amputation.
(3) The data suggest that slow injection with the high tourniquet inflation pressure is better, although the differences in leakage with an intact tourniquet were not statistically significant.
(4) The influence of preanalytical factors such as food intake, posture, use of tourniquet and freezing and storing samples is great and necessitates standardisation of specimen collection.
(5) Serum myoglobin levels have been found to be elevated for a few hours after removal of a tourniquet.
(6) Muscle cells in these areas appeared structurally well preserved even 20 hr after release of the tourniquet and no cytoplasmic calcium accumulation could be demonstrated in muscle cells by staining with ARS.
(7) Ischaemic nerve injury has been suggested as the mechanism for post-tourniquet limb paralysis.
(8) A case is presented in which significant decrease in cerebral perfusion pressure occurred consequent upon use of a lower limb tourniquet.
(9) And the tourniquet test differentiates the presence of deep from superficial vein insufficiency.
(10) The patients were classified into one of four groups based on whether a tourniquet was applied during the procedure and whether the bone specimens were irrigated.
(11) A common although infrequently recognized complication associated with the use of a pneumatic tourniquet is profuse bleeding from the wound after deflation of the tourniquet.
(12) The factors that do not seem to have much relevancy to DVT were advanced age, orthopedic disease, one- or two-staged bilateral TKA, venous anatomic variations, number of venous valves, coagulation assay data, hypertension, tourniquet time, choice of cementless or cemented TKA, severity or duration of operation, amount of blood loss, and amount of blood transfused.
(13) The duration of the tourniquet blockade was 60, 120 and 180 minutes.
(14) After 6-minute tourniquet application the values for red cells, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, total protein, albumen, gamma-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatinekinase, bilirubin, cholesterol, total glycerol and calcium increased by an average of 4-9%.
(15) Tourniquet shock was modeled under ether Raush anesthesia by applying 8 turns of a rubber tourniquet to the hind limbs for 6 hours.
(16) These results suggest that endogenous histamine is not a lethal factor in burn and tourniquet trauma, but rather it appears to have a compensatory, beneficial effect.
(17) Peak concentrations can be minimized with shorter tourniquet inflation times and with longer intervals between injection and tourniquet release.
(18) This article examines the most common complications, including instrument breakage and nervous lesions due to the tourniquet or positioning on the surgical table, discusses the various intraarticular media, and warns against the use of gas media under certain circumstances.
(19) Intraoperative muscle temperature recordings indicated that the iced limbs were an average of 12.9 degrees cooler than noniced limbs before tourniquet inflation.
(20) in the irreversible ischemia group (animals with more than 9 hours of tourniquet).