PMID: 11899175Mar 20, 2002Paper

Effectiveness of combined blood conservation measures in thoracic aortic operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Ko ShibataHajime Sato

Abstract

The effectiveness of blood conservation measures for thoracic aortic operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest has not yet been documented. From July 1997 to December 2000, 148 thoracic aortic operations were performed in our department. Sixty-one cases involving patients who underwent elective thoracic aortic operation with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest were reviewed retrospectively. Seventeen patients did not meet the criteria for the blood conservation program and were excluded from the present study. Therefore, 44 patients were analyzed in this study. Overall, 50% of patients did not require operative homologous blood transfusion (HBT) and 43% did not require in-hospital HBT. Smaller amounts of autologous donation, greater blood loss, and a longer operation time were independent risk factors for HBT requirement. Among 16 patients who had made an autologous donation of 1,600 mL or greater, 75% did not require intraoperative HBT and 69% did not require in-hospital HBT. The overall perioperative mortality rate was 4.5%. As for postoperative complications, prolonged intubation and postoperative infection were significantly more frequent among patients who required in-hospital HBT. Our combined blood conservation...Continue Reading

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