Complete and Partial Aortic Occlusion for the Treatment of Hemorrhagic Shock in SwineAaron M. Williams *1, Umar F. Bhatti *1, Isabel S. Dennahy 1, Kiril Chtraklin 1, Panpan Chang 1, Nathan J. Graham 1, Basil M. Baccouche 1, Shalini Roy 1, Mohammed Harajli 1, Jing Zhou 1, Vahagn C. Nikolian 1, Qiufang Deng 1, Yuzi Tian 1, Baoling Liu 1, Yongqing Li 1, Gregory L. Hays 1,2, Julia L. Hays 1,2, Hasan B. Alam 1
1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2Hays Innovations
Here, we present a protocol demonstrating a hemorrhagic shock model in swine that uses aortic occlusion as a bridge to definitive care in trauma. This model has application in testing a wide range of surgical and pharmacological therapeutic strategies.
