autotransfusion

autotransfusion

 [aw″to-trans-fu´zhun]

1. reinfusion of a patient's own blood; see autologous transfusion.

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as collecting and reinfusing blood which has been lost intraoperatively or postoperatively from clean wounds.

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au·to·trans·fu·sion

(aw'tō-tranz-fyū'zhŭn),

1. Withdrawal and reinfusion or transfusion of the patient's own blood; commonly the patient's own blood is collected on several occasions over time to be reinfused during an operative procedure in which substantial blood loss is anticipated. Compare: autoinfusion.

2. In the acute setting, withdrawal of blood from a body cavity followed by intravenous reinfusion of the blood to maintain homeostasis.

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au·to·trans·fu·sion

(aw'tō-trans-fyū'zhŭn)

Withdrawal and reinjection-transfusion of the patient's own blood.
Compare: autoinfusion

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autotransfusion

A transfusion with one's own blood. The blood may be collected early, in anticipation of need, or may be salvaged from internal bleeding and returned to the circulation, during a surgical operation. See also AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATION.

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