Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 27, Number 4, December 1995
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Page(s) | 232 - 236 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/1995274232 | |
Published online | 18 August 2023 |
Technique
A Modified Collection and Rapid Infusion System for Shed Whole Blood Autotransfusion During Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
1
Departments of Cardiac Perfusion, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
2
Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
* Address correspondence to: René J. Dekkers, BS, CCP, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
We describe our experience in 10 patients (5 males) undergoing resection of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm or a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in which a modified shed whole blood collection and autotransfusion system was used. This modification allows several options for the processing and autotransfusion of shed blood: use of the cell saving device or the ultrafiltration of collected blood, and the autotransfusion of unprocessed shed whole blood. Either low dose heparin or sodium citrate was used for anticoagulation.
All 10 patients underwent autotransfusion and volume resuscitation with the modified rapid infusion device. Total autotransfusion ranged from 1400 ml to 7843 ml. Ultrafiltration volumes ranged from 600 ml to 1100 ml. There were no intraoperative deaths and no patient reoperations for bleeding. Arterial blood gases, potassium, and platelet counts were all within the normal laboratory ranges. This modification enables the clinician to process poor quality shed blood and reinfuse whole blood, in an attempt to decrease the need for homologous blood products.
Key words: blood transfusion / aortic surgery / autotransfusion / ultrafiltration
© 1995 AMSECT
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