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Autologous blood transfusion during emergency trauma operations.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20644133     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
HYPOTHESIS: Intraoperative cell salvage (CS) of shed blood during emergency surgical procedures provides an effective and cost-efficient resuscitation alternative to allogeneic blood transfusion, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. DESIGN: Retrospective matched cohort study. SETTING: Level I trauma center. PATIENTS: All adult trauma patients who underwent an emergency operation and received CS as part of their intraoperative resuscitation. The CS group was matched to a no-CS group for age, sex, Injury Severity Score, mechanism of injury, and operation performed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Amount and cost of allogeneic transfusion of packed red blood cells and plasma. RESULTS: The 47 patients in the CS group were similar to the 47 in the no-CS group for all matched variables. Patients in the CS group received an average of 819 mL of autologous CS blood. The CS group received fewer intraoperative (2 vs 4 U; P = .002) and total (4 vs 8 U; P < .001) units of allogeneic packed red blood cells. The CS group also received fewer total units of plasma (3 vs 5 U; P = .03). The cost of blood product transfusion (including the total cost of CS) was less in the CS group ($1616 vs $2584 per patient; P = .004). CONCLUSION: Intraoperative CS provides an effective and cost-efficient resuscitation strategy as an alternative to allogeneic blood transfusion in trauma patients undergoing emergency operative procedures.
Authors:
Carlos V R Brown; Kelli H Foulkrod; Holli T Sadler; E Kalem Richards; Dennis P Biggan; Clea Czysz; Tony Manuel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)     Volume:  145     ISSN:  1538-3644     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Surg     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-20     Completed Date:  2010-08-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9716528     Medline TA:  Arch Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  690-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Trauma Services, University Medical Center Brackenridge, 601 E 15th St., Austin, TX 78701, USA. CVRBrown@seton.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Blood Component Transfusion / economics,  statistics & numerical data
Blood Loss, Surgical
Blood Transfusion, Autologous / economics*,  statistics & numerical data*
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Emergency Treatment / economics*,  methods*
Female
Health Care Costs*
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Surgical Procedures, Operative / economics*,  methods*
Texas
Transplantation, Homologous
Trauma Centers
Treatment Outcome

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