Open AccessSimple and Effective Blood Salvage Technique for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuit
Author(s) -
Yasunosuke Suzuki,
Jay Roach,
Yolanda R Leyva,
Abe DeAnda,
Gal Levy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asaio journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.961
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1538-943X
pISSN - 1058-2916
DOI - 10.1097/mat.0000000000001306
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , cardiopulmonary bypass , medicine , blood conservation , extracorporeal , extracorporeal circulation , blood oxygenation , anesthesia , blood transfusion , surgery , radiology , functional magnetic resonance imaging
Return of circuit blood after discontinuing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an important blood conservation strategy for reducing the need for blood transfusion. This follows the current standard of circuit blood salvaging after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). There is a variety of strategies and techniques of blood salvage described associated with CPB but not with ECMO. We describe a simplified technique to salvage the blood in the ECMO circuit that requires no special equipment, is safe, and maximizes blood salvage.