Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2762919 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Surgical repair of congenital heart disease during cardiopulmonary bypass is common, and performing these complicated procedures in the absence of blood transfusions is especially challenging. A case of a Jehovah’s Witness child who underwent surgical repair of a ventricular septal defect utilizing a new tetrastarch for autologous normovolemic hemodilution is reported. A successful operative repair was achieved without the need for non-autologous blood transfusion.
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Authors
Bryan D. Laliberte, Dilip S. Nath, John P. Costello, Mark Nuszkowski, Richard F. Kaplan,