Abstract

Continued invasive hemoglobin measurement has been performed by tools of pulse oximetry technology in recent years. Hemoglobin follow-up, especially in monitoring trauma patients, is essential in terms of the close watch of bleeding. We wanted in this study to evaluate the accuracy of such a tool in determining acute bleeding in patients who applied to emergency because of trauma. Patients who applied to emergency because of trauma were included in this study that was planned as prospective. Vital signs, laboratory hemoglobin values, and pulse hemoglobin values were synchronously recorded at 0, and 1, 2 st as from the moment they applied to the emergency department. 48 patients participated in the study. 60.4% of cases are seen in male participants. The reason for the general run of trauma was the applications arising from in-vehicle traffic accidents (n=24, 50%). There is no statistically significant difference in terms of the vital signs of patients during the follow-up. About the hemoglobin values that were taken during visiting and follow-up process of patients, there is a high level of significant correlation between averages of hemoglobin values and pulse hemoglobin values of patients in hourly follow-up (r0=0.992, r1=0.997, r2=0.994, p

Key words: Pulse hemoglobin, blood loss, multitrauma patient, emergency department