Bernabé SM, Calderón AM, Sánchez VLD

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the experience with a cell saver as a blood saving technique. Design: Case series. Setting: Seven general private hospitals of Mexico City. Patients: Seventy-two patients. Interventions: A cell saver during the period perioperative was used. We registered hematocrit and platelets level and type of surgery. We recovered red cells during the surgery and we returned it at end of surgical procedure. Finally, we consigned the requirements of blood at the immediate postoperative period. Results: A total of 72 patients were enrolled. Mean age was 59.2 ± 11.6 yrs. Causes for use of cell saver were: routine 75.0%, foreign patients 13.9%, for lack of blood supply 5.6%, and crossmatch problems, 5.6%. Forty-four packs of red cells utilized. Conclusions: The cell saver can be used in older cardiac patients, in patients with hematocrit values of 20-25%; it can be employed in diverse surgical specialities also.

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