Prevention of venous blood gas embolism with blood microfilters.
The efficacy of blood microfilters in removal of the gaseous emboli produced during the warming of blood for transfusion is demonstrated experimentally. It is suggested that when blood microfilters are used they should be placed distal to any blood warming device.
D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*