Impact of Intraoperative Cell Salvage on Blood Coagulation Factor Concentrations in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study revealed a significant reduction of coagulation factor concentrations/activities by the washing process. Therefore, physicians need to consider adequate management of coagulation in patients with major blood loss and the need of large volumes of RBC transfusion. PMID: 32058448 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32058448?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - February 12, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Adam EH, Funke M, Zacharowski K, Meybohm P, Keller H, Weber CF Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research