Influence of preliminary vaccination with tetanus antitoxin on hemodynamic restoration in patients after hemorrhagic shock at thoracic surgery

: Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters were studied in 364 patients admitted to the department of thoracic surgery of Bashkirian Medical University clinic in 1997-2006. The patients had hemorrhagic shock due to acute traumatic blood loss or long operative intervention with massive hemorrhage. It was found that preliminary vaccination with tetanus antitoxin improves a course of posthemorrhagic period, hemodynamic restoration and survival of the patients.