Blood utilisation in open heart surgery at Green Lane Hospital.
Blood utilization in 166 patients who underwent open heart surgery over a period of three months in 1980 at Green Lane Hospital has been surveyed. Over two-thirds of the operations were for coronary artery disease. For each hospitalized patient an average of 2.55 units of homologous blood were used. Including blood products, the total demand on the blood transfusion service was 3.55 donors/patient. Regular autologous transfusion of oxygenator blood post-bypass was a major factor in reducing blood usage. No blood was used in 23% of the bypass procedures and 13% of patients did not receive any homologous blood or blood products.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged