B Hossfeld1,2,3, R Lechner1,3, F Josse1,2,3, M Bernhard4,5, F Walcher6,7, M Helm1,2, M Kulla8,9,10. 1. Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Sektion Notfallmedizin, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland. 2. Arbeitsgruppe "Taktische Medizin", Arbeitskreises Notfallmedizin, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Nürnberg, Deutschland. 3. Tactical Rescue and Emergency Medicine Association (TREMA e. V.), Tübingen, Deutschland. 4. Zentrale Notaufnahme, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. 5. Arbeitsgruppe "Trauma- und Schockraummanagement", Arbeitskreis Notfallmedizin, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Nürnberg, Deutschland. 6. Universitätsklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Deutschland. 7. Sektion Notfall‑, Intensivmedizin und Schwerverletztenversorgung (NIS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU), Berlin, Deutschland. 8. Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Sektion Notfallmedizin, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland. martin.kulla@uni-ulm.de. 9. Arbeitsgruppe "Taktische Medizin", Arbeitskreises Notfallmedizin, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Nürnberg, Deutschland. martin.kulla@uni-ulm.de. 10. Sektion Notfall‑, Intensivmedizin und Schwerverletztenversorgung (NIS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU), Berlin, Deutschland. martin.kulla@uni-ulm.de.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The effectiveness of a tourniquet in the case of life-threatening hemorrhages of the extremities is well recognized and led to the recommendations on "Tourniquet" of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DGAI) in 2016. The aim of this systematic review was to re-evaluate the current medical literature in relation to the published DGAI recommendations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Based on the analysis of all studies published from January 2015 until January 2018 in the PubMed databases, the publicized recommendations for action on "Tourniquet" of the DGAI were critically re-evaluated. For this purpose, 17 questions on 6 subjects were formulated in advance. The systematic review followed the PRISMA recommendations and is registered in PROSPERO (International prospective register of systematic reviews, Reg.-ID: CRD42018091528). RESULTS: Of the 284 studies identified with the keywords tourniquet and trauma in the period from January 2015 to January 2018 in PubMed, 50 original papers discussing the prehospital application of tourniquet for life-threatening hemorrhage of the extremities were included. The overall level of evidence is low. No article addressed any of the formulated questions with a prospective randomized interventional study. Scientific deductions could be found only in an indirect way in a descriptive manner. CONCLUSION: The 50 original articles included in this qualitative, systematic review revealed that the recommendations "Tourniquet" of the DGAI published in 2016 are mostly still up to date despite an inhomogeneous study situation. A deviation occurred in the conversion of a tourniquet but due to the short prehospital treatment time in the civilian setting this is of little importance; however, in the future a strict distinction should be made between tourniquets which were placed for tactical reasons and those placed as a medical necessity.
INTRODUCTION: The effectiveness of a tourniquet in the case of life-threatening hemorrhages of the extremities is well recognized and led to the recommendations on "Tourniquet" of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DGAI) in 2016. The aim of this systematic review was to re-evaluate the current medical literature in relation to the published DGAI recommendations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Based on the analysis of all studies published from January 2015 until January 2018 in the PubMed databases, the publicized recommendations for action on "Tourniquet" of the DGAI were critically re-evaluated. For this purpose, 17 questions on 6 subjects were formulated in advance. The systematic review followed the PRISMA recommendations and is registered in PROSPERO (International prospective register of systematic reviews, Reg.-ID: CRD42018091528). RESULTS: Of the 284 studies identified with the keywords tourniquet and trauma in the period from January 2015 to January 2018 in PubMed, 50 original papers discussing the prehospital application of tourniquet for life-threatening hemorrhage of the extremities were included. The overall level of evidence is low. No article addressed any of the formulated questions with a prospective randomized interventional study. Scientific deductions could be found only in an indirect way in a descriptive manner. CONCLUSION: The 50 original articles included in this qualitative, systematic review revealed that the recommendations "Tourniquet" of the DGAI published in 2016 are mostly still up to date despite an inhomogeneous study situation. A deviation occurred in the conversion of a tourniquet but due to the short prehospital treatment time in the civilian setting this is of little importance; however, in the future a strict distinction should be made between tourniquets which were placed for tactical reasons and those placed as a medical necessity.
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Conversion; Emergency care, prehospital; State-of-the-art review; Time-to-treatment; Trauma
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