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Steven Nicholas Vaslef

Steven Nicholas Vaslef

Associate Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
vasle001@mc.duke.edu
Box 2837 Med Ctr, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Room 1557, Duke South - Blue Zone, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works

Massive transfusion exceeding 50 units of blood products in trauma patients.

Journal article J Trauma · August 2002 Featured Work BACKGROUND: Massive transfusion of blood products in trauma patients can acutely deplete the blood bank. It was hypothesized that, despite a large allocation of resources to trauma patients receiving more than 50 units of blood products in the first 24 hou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Oxygen transport dynamics of acellular hemoglobin solutions in an isovolemic hemodilution model in swine.

Journal article J Trauma · December 2001 Featured Work BACKGROUND: One of the perceived advantages of a hemoglobin-based blood substitute is the provision of oxygen-carrying capacity. Although the hemodynamic response to the infusion of acellular hemoglobin solutions has been extensively studied, less is known ... Full text Link to item Cite

The spectrum of abdominal venous CT findings in blunt trauma.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2001 Featured Work Full text Link to item Cite

Traumatic vertebrojugular arteriovenous fistula: case report.

Journal article J Trauma · December 2000 Featured Work Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of the response of saline tonometry and an automated gas tonometry device to a change in CO2.

Journal article Crit Care Med · November 2000 Featured Work OBJECTIVE: To examine the speed of response of saline tonometry and an automated gas tonometry system by using standard tonometry catheters. DESIGN: In vitro validation study. SETTING: Experimental research laboratory. INTERVENTIONS: Tonometry catheters we ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcome analysis in patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia.

Journal article Urology · July 2000 Featured Work OBJECTIVES: To characterize patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia (Fournier's gangrene) and to identify risk factors and prognostic variables of survival. METHODS: Fifty consecutive patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of various hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate solutions as resuscitative fluids after hemorrhagic shock.

Journal article J Trauma · May 2000 Featured Work BACKGROUND: Previous research suggested that splanchnic hypoperfusion occurs after resuscitation with certain acellular hemoglobin solutions. We examined the influence of maltose content and oxygen affinity on resuscitation with various hemoglobin polyoxye ... Full text Link to item Cite