A new method of autotransfusing blood drained after cardiac surgery.
Ideally, autotransfusion after cardiac surgical procedures should offer the protection of underwater-seal drainage and involve additional cost to the patients only if their blood is reinfused. A technique of returning the patient's postoperatively drained blood that employs these features and that we have found to be safe, simple, and cost-effective is presented.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D005374:Filtration; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged