Open AccessAcute normovolemic hemodilution to avoid blood transfusion during intracranial aneurysm surgery in a patient with atypical antibodies
Author(s) -
Sujay Kumar Parasa,
Prasanna Udupi Bidkar,
Satyen Parida
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.161818
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , clipping (morphology) , aneurysm , anesthesia , surgery , blood transfusion , incidence (geometry) , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics
Acute normovolemic haemodilution (ANH) has been used in neurosurgical operations to reduce the incidence of homologous blood transfusions. We report a case of anterior communicating artery aneurysm in a patient with atypical antibodies in the serum, who was posted for clipping of the said aneurysm, and was managed with ANH in the perioperative period in order to avoid blood transfusions.