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Office of Medical History - Table 1A

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Table 1A. Blood Volume Determined With Radioactive Chromium

Case No.	Weight Kg.	Hemat.	TRCV		Plasma volume		Blood volume		Blood received (cc.)	Percent normal	Wounds
			cc./K	Total	cc./K	Total	cc./K	Total			Wounds
Abdominal wounds
1	-----	46	-----	1,912	-----	2,436	-----	4,346	2,000	-----	Carbine wounds-lac. of spleen and stomach.
2	74. 6	38	17. 4	1,298	28. 6	2,118	46. 0	3,416	6,000	65	Carbine wounds entering over left inguinal ligament, perf. bladder and leaving via left buttock. Retroperitoneal muscle damage.
3	72. 8	46	26. 4	1,990	34. 8	2,533	60. 2	4,523	3,000	89	Carbine wounds entering left flank. 5 perfs. of jejunum, 2 perfs. descending colon.
4	58. 6 58. 6	36. 5 38. 5	19. 6 23. 8	1,148 1,390	36. 4 36. 2	2,132 2,221	56. 0 60. 0	3,280 3,611	10,500 11,500	80 86	Mortar-cpd. fracture rt. ilium with perf. wound of flank, buttock and rt. retroperitoneal area. Tremendous muscle destr. and hemorrhage. 1 day later
5	-----	48. 5	-----	1,780	-----	2,052	-----	3,832	6,000	-----	Mortar-extensive lac. rt. lobe of liver, perf. of ascending colon, duodenum, ileum; lac. 2 lumbar veins: perf. of diaphragm.
6	*66 66	42.5 43. 5	16. 4 27. 5	1,082 1,820	23. 6 38. 5	1,558 2,540	40. 0 66. 0	2,640 4,360	500 6,000	57 94	Mortar-6 perfs. of ileum, fracture mid-left ilium, muscle injury to gluteus, iliacus and psoas; 2,000 cc. blood in peritoneal cavity. 1 day later-postoperatively.
7	63. 8 63. 8 63. 8	68 68 48	47. 1 48. 7 29. 1	3,002 3,105 1,855	25. 5 26. 0 34. 1	1,628 1,655 2,175	72. 6 74. 5 63. 2	4,630 4,760 4,030	7,000 7,000 7,000	104 107 91	Mortar-extensive lac. small bowel and colon, requiring resection of 2 segments. Renal insufficiency, purpura, death. 1 day later. 1 week later.
8	56. 4	48	28. 6	1,615	33. 5	1,885	62. 1	3,500	2,000	89	Mortar penetrating pelvis dorsally- perf. of ileum in 4 places, perf. of rectosigmoid.
M	65.4	45. 8	27. 1	1,772	33. 3	2,171	60. 4	3,943	5,300	86. 7
Extremity Wounds
9	-----	41	-----	1,625	-----	2,339	-----	3,964	-----	-----	Mortar-perf. rt. and left thighs, left elbow, CCF rt. patella with multiple bone fragments in knee.
10	60. 0	31. 0	16. 0	962	37. 4	2,246	53. 4	3,208	2,500	76	Mortar-rt. inguinal region and rt. buttock with a large amount of muscle damage.
11	95. 5	43. 5	27. 1	2,580	33. 0	3,128	60. 1	5,708	6,500	85	Mult. pen. wds. both thighs. Cpd. comm. fracture of tibia and fibula bilaterally. Traumatic amput. of rt. hand.
12	72. 6	40. 0	19. 4	1,410	31. 0	2,250	50. 5	3,660	3,500	72	Mortar-CCF upper ¹/3 rt. tibia. Large perf. wds. of rt. and left thighs.
13	72.8	32. 0	13. 9	1,010	31. 4	2,290	45. 3	3,300	4,250	65	CCF of left tibia and fibula with extensive soft tissue damage.
14	61. 3	33. 0	16. 0	982	34. 6	2,118	50. 6	3,100	4,500	73	CCF of rt. tibia and fibula. Perf. wound of thigh.