[Major interventions in vascular surgery with and without autotransfusion. Comparison of coagulation and hemodynamic parameters].
Twenty out of 32 patients undergoing major vascular surgery received autologous blood transfusion and hemostatic and hematological parameters were evaluated in both transfused and non-transfused groups. Blood and urine samples were also analysed. No acceleration of the hemostatic process was observed during either surgery or the postoperative period; free hemoglobin present in reinfusion sacks (?), even in high doses, was immediately restored to normal values in the patient's circulation. A slight effect was observed at the renal level alone. These findings confirm the good qualitative level of the procedures used to reinfuse blood lost during surgery.
Bianciardi
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Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi di Milano.
Bortolani
E M
EM
Vandone
P L
PL
Bordoni
M G
MG
Giordanengo
F
F
Marenghi
M C
MC
Rignano
A
A
Giorgetti
P L
PL
D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012016:Reference Values; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures