title: [Autologous transfusion in heart surgery (apropos of 74 patients)].
abstract: The present study uses three techniques of autotransfusion in heart surgery under ECC: peroperative and post-ECC transfusion of blood removed after induction of anaesthesia (group I: 25 patients); postoperative transfusion of extravasated thoracic blood (group II: 24 patients) and a combination of the two (group III: 25 patients). Postoperative bleeding was comparable in all groups; A subset likely to haemorrhage made up of patients who had lost more than one litre of blood was isolated and demonstrated a reduction in the number of homologous red cell concentrates needed for the autotransfused population in comparison with the controls (2.4 +/- 2.6 vs 5.7 +/- 3.5 red cell concentrates, p less than 0.05) and was particularly marked in Group II patients who received 1.9 +/- 2.2 homologous red cell concentrates. None of the techniques caused any side-effects. Combination of the two autotransfusion techniques in heart surgery does not secure any additional advantages compared with postoperative autotransfusion alone.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deramoudt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menestret
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Melledant
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chartier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sellin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Couls
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saint Marc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Guerrier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rioux
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Logeais
mesh_terms: D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period
vernacular_title: Transfusion autologue en chirurgie cardiaque (a propos de 74 patients).