Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with sickle-cell trait.
A male patient, aged 7.5 years, with known sickle cell trait, presented for correction of Fallot's tetralogy. The successful management under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is described and the behaviour of sickle haemoglobin under hypothermic conditions is discussed.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000097:blood; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*
D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen