Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery.
This article confirms previous studies showing that a reduction of the bypass circuit priming volume can be associated with a reduction in allogeneic blood use. This beneficial effect is related […]
Absence of beneficial effect of acute normovolemic hemodilution combined with aprotinin on allogeneic blood transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery.
This prospective randomized study showed that acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) did not reduce the risk of allogeneic blood transfusion in elective cardiac surgical patients. However, the interpretation of these results […]