Early detection and control of hemolysis during transurethral resection of the prostate when water is used for irrigation: monitoring TUR syndrome by ethanol method
- Author:
Tiep Viet Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
prostatic neoplasm
- MeSH:
Hemolysis;
Transurethral Resection of Prostate;
surgery
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):44-49
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
100 patients (54 in U.B hospital, 46 in Pitea) underwent TURP using a solution 2% ethanol as irrigating water; an expired breath alcohol meter was used2 to monitor ethanol in the patients breath every 5 min. P-fH6 was assessed before and after TURP in 99 patients. Other markers of hemolysis were also evaluated in the Swedish group. Result: 32 patients had detectable ethanol in their breath. There was a close correlation between the maximum ethanol reading during surgery and the level of p-fHb after TURP (r=0.90, p<0.001).
