Open AccessAutologous blood transfusion in open heart surgeries under cardio-pulmonary bypass - Clinical appraisal
Author(s) -
Batool M. Hussain,
Shekar L.C. Reddy,
Leela M. Prasad,
Gandhay Madhavi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-170X
pISSN - 2231-1696
DOI - 10.5455/jmas.246306
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , autologous blood , blood transfusion , heart bypass , cardiopulmonary bypass , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Autologous blood withdrawal before instituting cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) protects the platelets, preserve red cell mass and reduce allogeneic transfusion requirements. Ideal condition for autologous blood donation is elective cardiac surgery where there is a high probability of blood transfusion. The purpose of this study was to assess the role of preoperative autologous blood donation in cardiac surgeries. Out of 150 patients registered, 50 cases were excluded on the basis of hemoglobin content ( [J Med Allied Sci 2017; 7(1.000): 48-54