Figure 1: Pre-operative King Fahd Hospital of the University algorithm for resuscitation of patients with traumatic aortic injury. MAP: Mean arterial pressure; CVP: Central venous pressure; Hct: Hematocrit; PPF: Plasma protein fraction 5%; RBCs: Packed red blood cells; SvO2: Mixed-venous oxygen saturation; CI: Cardiac index; UOP: Urine output; HR: Heart rate; NTG: Nitroglycerine; SNP: Sodium nitroprusside
