A Clinical Experience with lntraoperative A utotransfusion
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 180 (3), 296-304
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-197409000-00007
Abstract
Utilizing a disposable unit, intraoperative autotranfusion was employed during surgery in 53 patients admitted to the Bexar County Teaching Hospital at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. During the two-year period of study, 26 patients underwent surgery for major traumatic injuries, 8 for ruptured ectopic pregnancy and 19 for miscellaneous emergency or elective conditions. The indication for intraoperative autotransfusion was an anticipated blood loss of 1,000 ml or more. Contraindications for its use were colon injury or localized infection. Over 325 units of blood were salvaged and returned directly to these patients during surgery. One death related to the use of the autotransfusor unit was due to massive air embolism. Twenty other deaths were associated with severe injuries and irreversible shock requiring greater than 3,600 ml of both autologous and homologous blood. Eight of these patients demonstrated severe pancoagulopathies. In the remaining patients, clotting factors and plasma or urine hemoglobin levels were transiently abnormal. However, there were no clinically apparent bleeding defects or renal problems detected. Postoperative blood cultures were consistently negative. It is concluded that intraoperative autotransfusion, when properly employed, is a safe, practical and technically feasible procedure.Keywords
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