Acute blood loss

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• Synonyms

  • Acute bleeding
  • Acute bleed
  • Acute haemorrhage

• Causes

  • Trauma
  • Surgery
  • Ruptured aortic aneurysm
  • Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
  • Gynaecological haemorrhage
  • Rupture of abdominal viscus
  • Fetal death
  • Long bone fracture
  • Pelvic fracture
  • Bleeding disorder
  • Haemoptysis
  • Bleeding from wound

• Effects

  • Hypovolaemia
  • Anaemia of blood loss
  • Chronic blood loss
  • Maternal Risk

• Parents

  • Haemorrhage

• Treatments

  • Intravenous fluid
  • Blood transfusion