"Tourniquets" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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D014111
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.926
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tourniquets" by people in Profiles.
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WALANT Protocol: Stop before you block. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 10; 74(10):2776-2820.
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Wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) vs regional or general anaesthesia for flexor tendon repair in adults: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2020 11 21; 9(1):264.
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A protocol for wide awake local anaesthetic no tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surgeon. 2020 Dec; 18(6):e67-e71.
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Current Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Hair-Thread Tourniquets. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 May; 35(5):377-379.
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Prehospital tourniquet use in penetrating extremity trauma: Decreased blood transfusions and limb complications. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 01; 86(1):43-51.
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Tourniquet usage in prehospital care and resuscitation of pediatric trauma patients-Pediatric Trauma Society position statement. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Oct; 85(4):665-667.
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Letter to the Editor on "Comparing the Effect of Tourniquet vs. Tourniquet-Less in Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasties". J Arthroplasty. 2018 12; 33(12):3801.
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[Emergency Care of Trauma Patients with the Bavarian "Rebel" Kit]. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2018 Jul; 53(7-08):551-558.
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Reproducibility of flow mediated skin fluorescence to assess microvascular function. Microvasc Res. 2017 09; 113:60-64.
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Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on the melatonin and antioxidative status: a pilot study in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2017 Dec; 58(6):909-915.