Open AccessPre-operative blood donation versus acute normovolemic hemodilution in cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Mohammad Rezvan Nobahar,
Azita Chegini,
Faranak Behnaz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.136426
Subject(s) - medicine , donation , anesthesia , cardiac surgery , surgery , economics , economic growth
Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) and preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) have questionable efficacy, viral and bacterial infection risks, intermittent blood shortages as homeostasis problem, electrolyte and hemodynamic disturbances.