Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen"

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    • Cold-stored whole blood in a Norwegian emergency helicopter service: an observational study on storage conditions and product quality 

      Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen; Sivertsen, Joar; Bråthen, Hanne Kristin; Lunde, Turid Helen Felli; Strandenes, Geir; Assmus, Jörg; Hervig, Tor; Cap, Andrew P.; Kristoffersen, Einar Klæboe; Fosse, Theodor; Apelseth, Torunn Oveland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of emergency medical service agencies and hospitals are developing the capability to administer blood products to patients with hemorrhagic shock. Cold‐stored whole blood (WB) is the only ...

    • Implementation of a low-titre whole blood transfusion program in a civilian helicopter emergency medical service 

      Sunde, Geir Arne; Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen; Bekkevold, Marit; Kristoffersen, Einar Klæboe; Strandenes, Geir; Bruserud, Øyvind; Apelseth, Torunn Oveland; Heltne, Jon-Kenneth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-09)
      Background: Early balanced transfusion is associated with improved outcome in haemorrhagic shock patients. This study describes the implementation and evaluates the safety of a whole blood transfusion program in a civilian ...

    • Prehospital Whole Blood Transfusion Programs in Norway 

      Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen; Strandenes, Geir; Hervig, Tor; Sunde, Geir Arne; Apelseth, Torunn Oveland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Prehospital management of severe hemorrhage has evolved significantly in Norwegian medical emergency services in the last 10 years. Treatment algorithms for severe bleeding were previously focused on restoration ...

    • Validation of a point-of-care capillary lactate measuring device (Lactate Pro 2) 

      Raa, Anette; Sunde, Geir Arne; Bolann, Bjørn Johan; Kvåle, Reidar; Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen; Eliassen, Håkon Skogrand; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Heltne, Jon-Kenneth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background The measurement of lactate in emergency medical services has the potential for earlier detection of shock and can be performed with a point-of-care handheld device. Validation of a point-of-care handheld device ...

    • A whole blood based resuscitation strategy in civilian medical services: Experience from a Norwegian hospital in the period 2017–2020 

      Hagen, Kristin Gjerde; Strandenes, Geir; Kristoffersen, Einar Klæboe; Braathen, Hanne; Sivertsen, Joar; Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen; Sommerfelt-Pettersen, Nina Grindheim; Aasheim, Irmelin Beathe; Lunde, Turid Helen Felli; Hervig, Tor; Apelseth, Torunn Oveland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Civilian and military guidelines recommend early balanced transfusion to patients with life-threatening bleeding. Low titer group O whole blood was introduced as the primary blood product for resuscitation of ...

    • Whole blood in prehospital damage control resuscitation : -Safety, feasibility, and logistics 

      Bjerkvig, Christopher Kalhagen (Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-14)
      Bakgrunn De siste tiårene har det vært et paradigmeskifte i behandlingen av blødningsjokk. Skadebegrensende resuscitering har som hensikt å understøtte hemostatisk evne hos pasienten og reversere og dempe konsekvensene ...