Fever and autologous blood retransfusion after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study of 40 autotransfusion events in 21 patients.
The authors report a postoperative increase in body temperature by 2C within 12 h and 1C within 2 h after autotransfusion in all of 21 patients receiving about 1000 mL […]
Influence of acid-citrate-dextrose anticoagulant on blood quality in retransfusion systems after total knee arthroplasty.
The authors propose to refrain from ACD anticoagulation in orthopedic postoperative autotransfusion. Their conclusion is not convincing. Products of activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis were not tested, although the main […]
Limited effectiveness of intraoperative autotransfusion in major back surgery.
This is a helpful report to design an autologous transfusion strategy. The conclusion is that one must extend blood salvage to the postoperative period or combine intraoperative blood salvage with […]
Time-related changes of collected shed blood in autologous retransfusion after total knee arthroplasty.
The prolonged collection of drained blood is problematic due the risk of bacterial contamination and to the exponential proliferation of bacteria at room temperature. Some countries prohibit collection exceeding 6 […]