Blood Loss: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Blood Loss

Abruptio Placentae

LABORATORY TEST REVEALED MIXED BLOOD Hb LOW VALUE ,PROPORTIONATE TO THE BLOOD LOSS MARKEDLY ,LOWER ,OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE VISIBLE BLOOD LOSS Coagulation profile Usually [slideshare.net]

blood loss. [quizlet.com]

blood loss Pallor Related with visible blood loss Pallor is usually severe and out of proportion to the visible blood loss Features of pre- May be absent Frequent association [slideshare.net]

Postpartum Hemorrhage

We examined the blood loss, risk factors, and management of the third stage of labour associated with atonic postpartum hemorrhage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blood loss after administration of first line therapy did not differ significantly between the two groups (adjusted difference -177 mL, CI -509.4 to +155.0). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective observational study was to determine the efficacy of carbetocin in reducing blood loss and primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Exsanguination

Bleeding leading to loss of less than 40% of blood volume is often identified and diagnosed as hemorrhage. [epainassist.com]

Hemorrhaging is sometimes compared to exsanguination due to blood loss. [russiarobinson.wordpress.com]

The loss of blood is often difficult to measure because some blood gets lodged in internal organ and most blood loss is through wound outside. [epainassist.com]

Hemophilia B

We present the case of a 13-year-old boy who presented with a grade 4 splenic laceration, acute blood loss anemia, and hypotension that was managed nonoperatively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The DIC manifested itself as excessive blood loss from surgical drains without documented thrombosis and was accompanied by prolonged coagulation times, increased fibrin split [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The intraoperative blood loss was approximately 350 mL. The nadir hemoglobin concentration was 111 g.L(-1) on postoperative days one and two. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hemophilia A

The volume of blood loss in HCV- patients was 300-800 ml. A positive correlation between the blood loss volume and mean density of erythrocytes was detected. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The second primary outcome of blood loss was assessed after surgery and these trials showed the reduction of blood loss and requirement of post‐operative replacement treatment [doi.org]

The second primary outcome of blood loss was assessed after surgery and these trials showed the reduction of blood loss and requirement of post-operative replacement treatment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ectopic Pregnancy

Compared with N 1 patients, cases with blood loss ≥ 1200 ml had significantly longer hospital stay. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Forced contraction of the cervical smooth muscle facilitated removal of the conceptus with minimal blood loss during curettage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic resection of cornual pregnancy was feasible and was associated with minimal blood loss, aided with the use of an endoscopic vascular clamp and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bleeding Peptic Ulcer

As a result there can be slow blood loss which may lead to anemia, or there may be massive blood loss with severe complications in the short term. [healthhype.com]

Therefore, large-scale or rapid blood loss into the abdomen will reliably induce hemorrhagic shock and, if untreated, may rapidly lead to death. [en.wikipedia.org]

Dizziness, Paleness, and Fatigue The internal bleeding of a peptic ulcer results in a loss of blood flowing through the body. [livestrong.com]

Coagulation Abnormalities

When you’re injured, your blood normally begins to clot to prevent a massive loss of blood. [healthline.com]

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH; defined as blood loss ≥500 ml within 24 h following delivery), and severe PPH (blood loss >1000 ml within 24 h) [40], occurs as a result of a number [journals.lww.com]

Pro-hemostatic treatment can be used as adjunctive treatment in patients with major blood loss [41]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Arteriovenous Malformation

Operative time and intraoperative blood loss for the two groups were not statistically different, despite the significant differences in lesion size and grade. [thejns.org]

Surgical AVM removal: A pre-operative embolization may be used to reduce blood loss. [uchicagokidshospital.org]

loss, with no statistically significant difference in surgical complications or long-term neurological outcome. [thejns.org]

Hepatic Rupture

[…] with blood loss greater than 35% estimated blood volume occurred in seven patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This is extremely useful to the woman at delivery, who must be able to deliver the infant and the placenta without excessive blood loss. [captodayonline.com]

The varices are fragile and can rupture easily, resulting in a large amount of blood loss. [webmd.com]

Marburg Virus Disease

For fatal cases, death has been reported about eight to nine days after symptoms start, preceded by great blood loss. [ucsdguardian.org]

loss. [newsweek.com]

In fatal cases, death occurs most often between 8 and 9 days after symptom onset, usually preceded by severe blood loss and shock. [who.int]

Splenic Rupture

On examination, patients may have left upper quadrant tenderness and / or peritonism (often becoming more generalised as the blood loss increases). [teachmesurgery.com]

[…] check for blood loss. [webmd.com]

Spleen size after surgery may not reflect the true size at the time of rupture as the considerable blood loss may decrease both the size and weight of the spleen. [nature.com]

Bubonic Plague

Subcutaneous hemorrhaging occurs, causing purplish blotches on the skin. [christianitytoday.com]

Bubonic plague is a rare, contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, characterized by painful buboes in the axilla, groin or neck, high fever, petechial hemorrhage [symptoma.com]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type 4

The long-term effects of vascular EDS can be extremely severe and can lead to sudden death from blood loss in extreme cases. [disabilitysecrets.com]

Surgeons may be unable to suture internal tissues, resulting in blood loss that may be fatal. [forgottendiseases.org]

The patient ultimately suffered excessive blood loss in the ICU shortly after surgery and died. [ajnr.org]

Scurvy

[…] folate, gastrointestinal blood loss, and intravascular hemolysis. [web.archive.org]

loss into tissue, coexistent dietary deficiencies (folate deficiency), altered absorption and metabolism of iron and folate, gastrointestinal blood loss, and intravascular [emedicine.medscape.com]

Anaemia – this develops in 75% of patients as a result of blood loss into tissue, altered absorptions and metabolism of iron and folate, gastrointestinal bleeding and intravascular [dermnetnz.org]

Anemia

EXCEPTIONAL BLOOD LOSS - ANEMIA For purpose of consideration of the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO 2 ) therapy, exceptional blood-loss anemia is by definition loss of enough [web.archive.org]

Show full item record Title: Hyperbaric oxygen in exceptional acute blood-loss anemia. [archive.rubicon-foundation.org]

Hyperbaric oxygen in exceptional acute blood-loss anemia. J. Hyperbaric Med 1987; 2(4):205-210. [web.archive.org]

Iron Deficiency

Gastrointestinal tract involvement is the most common feature and often subject to bleeding, potentially resulting in chronic occult blood loss and iron deficiency anaemia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In all patients, a detailed history of symptoms, history of chronic intake of NSAIDS and blood loss in urine or stools or excessive menstrual blood loss should be obtained [symptoma.com]

The criteria for excluding patients from the study were an obvious cause of blood loss (e.g., epistaxis or heavy menstrual flow), active gastrointestinal hemorrhage, severe [doi.org]

Ebola Virus Disease

Although haemorrhagic phenomena developed these were not severe in terms of actual blood loss. [web.archive.org]

McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch lambasted Preston for claiming that Ebola dissolves organs, stating that although it causes great blood loss in tissues the organs remain structurally [en.wikipedia.org]

In general, bleeding often indicates a worse outcome, and blood loss may result in death. [en.wikipedia.org]

Amyloidosis

Surgery was initiated, and the operative course was uneventful, with an estimated blood loss of 300 ml. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

The loss of protein from the blood can cause fluid to leak out of the blood vessels, resulting in swelling in the feet, ankles and calves. [cedars-sinai.edu]

Symptoms include fatigue, anemia (low red blood cell count), weight loss, numbness and tingling in limbs. [publichealth.va.gov]

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Lack of iron usually is due to blood loss, poor diet, or an inability to absorb enough iron from food. Blood Loss When you lose blood, you lose iron. [web.archive.org]

The 2 main etiologies of iron deficiency are blood loss due to menstrual periods and blood loss due to gastrointestinal bleeding. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Even low dose aspirin as well as non-aspirin-NSAIDs increase mean fecal blood loss from roughly 0.5 mL/d to 1-2 mL/d ( i.e ., 0.5-1.0 mg iron loss/d)[ 42 ]. [dx.doi.org]

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

The tumor cells may invade lymphatics and blood vessels causing secondary hemorrhage and destruction of the septal wall. [wikidoc.org]

Other side effects Other common side effects include: nausea and vomiting low blood pressure (hypotension) loss of appetite anxiety and depression hallucinations (seeing, [parkinsons.org.uk]

The duration of the operation was about 2 h, and the volume of blood loss was about 10 mL. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

Hypovolemia

BACKGROUND: Liver resection can be associated with significant blood loss and transfusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In comparison, the mean CRI at maximum blood loss for the seven subjects who collapsed was 0.15 ± 0.007 and their average blood loss volume was 860 ± 183 mL. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There is evidence that the tachycardia-vasoconstrictor response to hemorrhage can be lost at this stage of blood loss. [intensivecareunit.wordpress.com]

Rift Valley Fever

However, those patients who develop hemorrhagic fever often have vomiting and diarrhea with blood and may bleed from the gums. [thecattlesite.com]

Serious illness can cause hemorrhaging, brain inflammation, liver abnormalities, vision loss, and death. [cidrap.umn.edu]

[…] with hemorrhagic fever die within one week of symptom onset. [symptoma.com]

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Management of acute gastrointestinal blood loss: summary of SIGN guidelines K Palmer, consultant gastroenterologist 1, M Nairn, programme manager 2 on behalf of the Guideline [doi.org]

Abstract Some coagulation deficiencies are known to cause bleeding by unmasking existing gastrointestinal pathology, as opposed to directly causing mucosal blood loss. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

If there has been severe blood loss, treatment includes hospitalization and resuscitation of the affected person. [ada.com]

Malignant Melanoma of the Skin

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is persistent or recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage as a result of drugs, autoimmune diseases, or infections. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Magnetic resonance imaging showed a solid choroidal mass with hemorrhagic and inflammatory changes with no obvious extraocular extension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The third polypoid malignant melanoma was observed at the same location 7 months after surgery; it was a black hemorrhagic mass approximately 1.5 cm. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Menorrhagia

A blood transfusion may be needed in cases where blood loss is caused by decreased haemodynamic stability. [medic8.com]

Results: mefenamic acid reduced blood loss by 20 and tranexamic acid reduced blood loss by 50 (P=0.001). [eprints.mums.ac.ir]

Heavy blood loss, clots and dark blood is an indication of reduce liver function and toxicity. [askanaturopath.com]

Posthemorrhagic Anaemia of the Newborn

Anemia has three main causes: blood loss, lack of red blood cell production, and high rates of red blood cell destruction. [icdlist.com]

[…] due to chronic blood loss Anemia due to chronic blood loss (disorder) Chronic blood loss anaemia Chronic blood loss anemia Chronic hemorrhagic anemia Iron deficiency anemia [medicbind.com]

loss P61.4 Other congenital anemias, not elsewhere classified Inclusion term(s): Congenital anemia NOS P61.5 Transient neonatal neutropenia P61.6 Other transient neonatal [icd10coded.com]

Microcytic Anemia

Ddx of iron deficiency anemia: · Blood Loss: o overt (hemoptysis, menorrhagia, melena, hematemesis etc.) o or occult (in men, usually GI blood loss; in women, including underestimating [errolozdalga.com]

Loss of Blood (Hemorrhagic Anemia): If there is massive bleeding from a wound or other lesion, the body may lose enough blood to cause severe and acute anemia, which is often [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Identification of the precise source of the blood loss will determine the best course of treatment. [livestrong.com]

Perianal Thrombosis

Hematoxylon (He·ma·tox·y·lon) (he”mə-tok´sĭ-lən) Haematoxylon. hematozemia (he·ma·to·ze·mia) (he”mə-to-, hem”ə-to-ze´me-ə) [ hemato- + Gr. zēmia loss] a gradual loss of blood [web.archive.org]

[…] anorectal junction (scroll down) Microscopic (histologic) description Dilated, thick walled, congested submucosal vessels and sinusoidal spaces, often with thrombosis; variable hemorrhage [pathologyoutlines.com]

Delayed hemorrhage 7 to 14 days after surgery occurs in 1-2% of patients. Wound infections are uncommon after hemorrhoid surgery. [nuh.com.sg]

Massive Trauma

Transfusion for Massive Blood Loss Presented below is a description of massive blood loss and the inherent problems associated with large volume blood transfusions. [trauma.org]

loss in trauma", abstract = "Early recognition of major blood loss and effective action is necessary to prevent shock and its consequences. [pennstate.pure.elsevier.com]

Study Design: Severely injured patients in presumed hemorrhagic (acute blood loss) shock were enrolled in the study at the scene based on their vital signs (combination of [denverhealth.org]