title: Use of the spiral coil membrane oxygenator during open heart surgery in infants and children.
abstract: The spiral coil membrane oxygenator was used without an arterial line filter during short term total cardiopulmonary bypass in 50 infants and children. The compact oxygenator proved to be efficient and reliable, was easy to operate in a simple perfusion circuit, has a high flow rate to priming volume ratio and eliminated gaseous emboli. During perfusion, platelet counts and fibrinogen concentrations descreased 51 and 31% respectively. Coagulation studies in eight infants less than 15 kilograms perfused with the membrane oxygenator system did not differ from those in 7 infants perfused by a bubble oxygenator system.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010107:Oxygenators, Membrane / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen