A case of hemothorax due to traumatic bleeding managed effectively by Sonoclot®-guided blood transfusion

Abstract

Abstract A 71-year-old woman was transported to our hospital due to traumatic bleeding, and an operation was immediately performed for achieving hemostasis. We decided to perform Sonoclot®-guided blood transfusion. When Sonoclot signatures had returned normal values, further bleeding did not occur. We experienced the first case of traumatic bleeding managed effectively by using Sonoclot. We suggest that a Sonoclot analyzer may be useful for the management of severe coagulopathy due to traumatic bleeding like ROTEM and TEG.

Keywords

• Traumatic bleeding
• Conventional blood coagulation test
• Sonoclot® analyzer