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intraoperative blood salvage |
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intraoperative blood salvage
Intraoperative autologous transfusion Transfusion medicine A procedure in which the blood shed or otherwise lost into an operative field is collected sterilely, washed, filtered and reinfused as a packed unit of
RBCs; IAT is suited for 'bloody' heart–eg, aortic aneurysms or CABG or orthopedic surgery–eg, hip arthrodesis, ↓ Pt exposure to multiple donors and may be used with pre-deposit autologous donation, where packed red cells
are collected from the Pt before surgery. See Surgical blood management. Cf Autologous transfusion. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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