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PROBLEMS OF BLOOD LOSS AND REPLACEMENT DURING SURGERY IN THE TROPICS
Author(s) -
Alhady S. M. A.,
Law G. T.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116709.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood loss , adverse effect , circulatory system , surgery , blood transfusion , anesthesia , elective surgery
At 124 elective random operations, the patients' blood loss was constantly monitored by gravimetric and colorimetric methods, and the amount of loss leading to adverse circulatory effects was noted in individual patients. This study shows that the small, thin and relatively anaemic Malaysian patients undergoing routine elective surgery manifest adverse circulatory changes from the loss of as little as 150 to 250 ml of blood, necessitating 23.5% of the patients in this series being given a one‐pint blood transfusion during surgery.