Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10103317 | International Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Re-transfusion of drainage blood is widely used in orthopedic surgery, but objective evidence of the efficacy of re-transfusion of drainage blood in view of post-transfusion survival of RBC has not been given so far. With this study we wanted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transfusion of drainage blood collected with HandyVac® autotransfusion system. In 7 patients red cells in drainage blood were labeled with biotin and percentage of labeled red cells in circulation were determined immediately after re-transfusion, and during 10 days after surgery. To assess further unwanted side-effects of re-transfusion of drainage blood potassium and free hemoglobin were determined in the collected blood. Ten days after re-transfusion at mean 78.9% of drainage-blood derived RBC were found in circulation. Free hemoglobin in drainage blood ranged from 16.8 to 59.2Â mg/dL; potassium in drainage blood ranged from 3.84 to 4.52Â mmol/L. Our results suggest that re-transfusion of drainage blood collected with HandyVac® autotransfusion system is an efficient procedure that seems to be safe in view of free hemoglobin and potassium in the product.
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Authors
Christoph Buchta, Beatrice Hanslik-Schnabel, Roman Weigl, Jana List, Günther F. Körmöczi, Maria Macher, Harald Heinzl, Paul Höcker, Axel Wanivenhaus, Martin Kurz,