title: [Intraoperative and postoperative autologous transfusion in orthopedic surgery].
abstract: Information was collected retrospectively on three comparable groups, 25 patients in each, who had been operated on for thoracic scoliosis. Group 1 received homologous transfusions only. Group 2 and group 3 were transfused postoperatively with drained whole blood (Solcotrans orthopaedics). Group 3 received in addition peroperatively washed packed red blood cells (Haemolite 2 Cell Saver) recirculated. The need for homologous transfusions was reduced from 119 units to 23 patients in group 1, to 36 units to 14 patients in group 2 and 34 units to 13 patients in group 3. Three of the first 15 patients in group 2 experienced chills and fever reactions in connection with the autologous transfusion. No reactions were seen after infusion when we scrapped the last 50 to 100 ml of drained blood.
authors.affiliation: Anestesiavdelingen, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Krohn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bjerkreim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Per- og postoperativ autolog transfusjon ved ortopedisk kirurgi.