title: [Delayed autologous transfusion: about 70 surgical patients at the Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital in Afagnan, Togo].
abstract: This prospective study was conducted from 2000, September the 1st to October the 31st, at the Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital in Afagnan (Togo). All the 75 patients who received indication of autologous blood transfusion (ABT) accepted the protocol; 70 out of them, among whom 63% were female, benefited an ABT The age of the patients varies between 13 and 80 years old (average 33.2). Initial rate of haemoglobin was on average of 11.7 g/dl; 14% of these patients had a haemoglobin diseases. The most frequent interventions were hysterectomies (21%), bone surgery (16%), prostatectomies (11). Only one blood unit was taken from 63 patients and two units from the 7 others inducing giddiness (5) and headaches (1). During intra and postoperative periods, 41 patients were given 45 units of blood (use rate: 58%). The percentage of patients who received transfusion was 56% in gynaecological surgery 79% in orthopaedics and 88% in urology. Only one patient received an additional homologous unit of blood. The rate of haemoglobin was on average 10.2 g/dl the day after surgery. No incident in connection with the ABT was recorded. The ABT is a feasible, effective and secure method in the context of a small African hospital. It may be a solution to the problems of shortage of blood products and transfusion safety. Training and motivation are necessary for its successful implementation.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie réanimation, CHU de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agbetra
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ouro-Bang'Na Maman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014037:Togo