Survival of autotransfused red blood cells recovered from the surgical field during cardiovascular operations

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6711209

Ansell, J; Parrilla, N; King, M; Fournier, L; Szymanski, I; Doherty, P; Vander Salm, T; Cutler, B

The survival of autologous red blood cells (RBCs) collected during operation from the surgical field and processed immediately by the Haemonetics Cell Saver was compared to the survival of autologous nonprocessed RBCs obtained by venipuncture in nine patients undergoing reconstructive vascular operations and four patients undergoing coronary artery bypass. A double isotope technique (/sup 51/Cr and /sup 111/In) was used to determine the survival of the different cell populations. Seven patients undergoing coronary artery bypass served as controls to characterize the isotopes by labeling the same population of RBCs with each radionuclide. Comparison of the data in all groups failed to show any significant difference in either the immediate or long-term survival between autotransfused (Cell Saver--processed) blood and nonprocessed RBCs. This study indicates that shed blood collected and processed at operation with the Haemonetics Cell Saver can be autotransfused and that the in vivo survival of these cells is not significantly different from the survival of nonprocessed blood.

• Research Organization: Department of Medicine, Univerity of Masschusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
• OSTI ID: 6711209
• Journal Information: J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.; (United States) Vol. 84:3; ISSN JTCSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ARTERIES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CHROMIUM 51
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
CORONARIES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ERYTHROCYTES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPES
SURGERY
SURVIVAL CURVES
VASCULAR DISEASES