Anaes SAQs · Trauma & massive haemorrhage
The lethal triad and the damage control resuscitation
Primary — the lethal triad (the acidosis, the hypothermia, the coagulopathy) the self-perpetuating death spiral; the DCR (the permissive hypotension, the haemostatic resuscitation, the damage control surgery) the integrated prevention.
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Define the lethal triad, explain its pathophysiology, and describe the damage control resuscitation strategy to prevent it.
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Define the lethal triad, explain its pathophysiology, and describe the damage control resuscitation strategy to prevent it.
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- [1]Xiao L, et al. The lethal triad: past, present, and future. Chin J Traumatol, 2026.PMID 42120237
- [2]Singhal S, et al. Management of acute hemorrhage and damage-control resuscitation. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol, 2026.PMID 42230073
- [42230074]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.