Complement activation in shed blood: release of C3a and C5a. Implications for autologous transfusion.
This preliminary data indicates that kinins are activated in blood shed into a wound particularly at the beginning of an operation. Reinfusion of such blood should only be accomplished after the removal of these activated factors.
Orr
M D
MD
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7838.
Riester
D E
DE
Hultman
J
J
D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D002648:Child; D003167:Complement Activation; D015926:Complement C3a / Q000032:analysis*; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
D015926:Complement C3a; D015936:Complement C5a