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Say Yes to Total Hips - March 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 0 1 M A R C H 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E I n the past few years, a number of new devices have raised the bar on tourniquet safety, and investigators aren't stopping there: New devel- opments may transform the technology even further, hopefully letting providers not just set limb occlusion pressure (LOP) at the beginning of a procedure, but have the means to vary it throughout the surgery to account for the changes that occur during a case. Read on to learn about new tourniquet technology available today and technology you can hopefully look forward to seeing over the next few years. 1. Integrated cuff testing. You'll find this feature in some of T O U R N I Q U E T S Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN What's New in Tourniquet Technology ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE Investigators hope to soon develop a tourniquet that lets you vary limb occlusion pressure (LOP) throughout the surgery to account for the changes that occur during a case. These advances in instruments and cuffs provide greater safety and efficacy for your patients. Jim McEwen, PhD, and Jeswin Jeyasurya, MASc | Vancouver, Canada OSE_1403_part2_Layout 1 3/5/14 10:53 AM Page 101

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