Open AccessAcute Normovolemic Hemodilution
Author(s) -
Goodnough Lawrence T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
transfusion alternatives in transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1778-428X
pISSN - 1295-9022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1778-428x.1999.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , autologous blood , donation , anesthesia , surgery , economics , economic growth
SUMMARY I Acute normovolemic hemodilution is a point of care method of autologous blood procurement. Acute hemodilution has several inherent advantages over preoperative autologous blood donation: it is inexpensive, does not require testing, and has none of the risks of administrative error or bacterial contamination related to stored blood. The clinical efficacy of acute hemodilution is increasingly apparent. This technique will also serve as a foundation for the use of emerging oxygen carrying solutions.