Acute respiratory distress syndrome following autotransfusion with the Biosurge autotransfuser.
A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a 79-year-old man is presented in which the use of a BioSurge synchronous autotransfuser may be implicated. This has not been reported before.
Heath
K J
KJ
Department of Anaesthetics, Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hants.
McFadzean
W A
WA
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*