Maintenance of Ionized Calcium During Prolonged Extreme Massive Transfusion During Liver Transplantation

CONCLUSIONS: Our empiric calcium replacement strategy of 1 gram of calcium chloride per liter of citrated bank blood transfused, in 200 mg/200 mL increments, resulted in successful maintenance of ionized calcium during the anhepatic phase of liver transplantation while on continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.PMID:37768774

Source: WMJ - September 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ricardo P Dorantes Stylianos Voulgarelis Harvey J Woehlck Source Type: research