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Blood-saving techniques.
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PMID:  21335217     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Major surgery is associated with intraoperative and postoperative bleeding, generally treated with homologous blood transfusions, which carry the risk of infection, allergic reactions, or incompatibility as well as a number of organizational and economic problems. Transfusion strategies and steps to minimize perioperative bleeding are needed. Another resource is drugs; human recombinant erythropoietin, aprotinin, and some analogues of lysine have been used to reduce the rate of allogenic transfusions in the perioperative period. The safest method is autologous blood transfusions through predeposits and hemodilution; however, it can only be used for elective surgery. Autologous transfusion techniques include blood collection, both intraoperatively, as described by Orr, and postoperatively, as introduced by Borghi in 1984, which enables the continuous monitoring of postoperative bleeding. Blood collection can also be performed during emergency surgery, reducing the rate and costs of homologous transfusions.
Authors:
B Borghi; R Borghi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transplantation proceedings     Volume:  43     ISSN:  1873-2623     ISO Abbreviation:  Transplant. Proc.     Publication Date:    2011 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0243532     Medline TA:  Transplant Proc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  333-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology Sciences, University of Bologna, Research Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
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